Overview
- John Williams and Max Richter composed Strauss‑inspired pieces for Anne‑Sophie Mutter that were set to premiere in Vienna on Saturday, including a new waltz and a violin concerto.
- Organizers report roughly 70 projects and about 300,000 attendees so far in Vienna’s Strauss‑Year, which is framed as a contemporary festival using Strauss as a catalyst for new art.
- Eduard Strauss, the composer’s great‑grandnephew, criticized the jubilee’s lack of lasting support for research and said libraries still hold unopened boxes of materials.
- The Staatsoperette Dresden launched a birthday‑timed gala on 25 October, led by chief conductor Michael Ellis Ingram with Steffi Lehmann and Andreas Sauerzapf as hosts.
- A sharply negative review targeted the Vienna Volksoper’s A Night in Venice, highlighting uneven artistic results during the anniversary programming.