Things are heating up at the Opéra-Comique — as hot as the coffee Louis Langrée served to the journalists welcomed into his office, a mythical place haunted by the ghosts of all the artistic directors who came before him. Birthplace of Carmen, Pelléas et Mélisande, Lakmé and Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Paris’s other national opera house […]
We won’t stop talking about Wagner in 2026! Indeed, the year will be marked by the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Der Ring des Nibelungen, the famous tetralogy comprising Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods). Berlin, La Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, […]
Dance history is being made at the Musée Grévin thanks to Guillaume Diop, the first Black Étoile dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet, who unveiled his wax statue on Monday, September 22, 2025, at the famous wax museum. With this tribute, the Musée Grévin immortalizes his appointment to the highest rank within the prestigious company. […]
Bertrand Rossi, the brilliant and astute director of the Opéra de Nice, made a bold statement at the start of his tenure on the French Riviera by staging a major work, rarely seen in France. In 2021, Philip Glass’s Akhnaten has been performed on the French Riviera, winning both critical and public acclaim. The American […]
Dorothée Gilbert, the beautiful Étoile dancer from the Paris Opera Ballet, returns to the Palais Garnier stage! After several injuries in previous years, the entrechat virtuoso returns to pointe to perform the title role in Giselle alongside Hugo Marchand as Albrecht on October 11, 16, 21 and 24, 2025. A star among stars, it was […]
The 2025–2026 Music & Opera Guide Around the World is now available! Like a sextant, indispensable to long-distance navigators on the planet of classical music, the Music & Opera Guide offers an overview of the entire 2025–2026 programme. More than 570 institutions around the world, including concert halls, opera houses, orchestras and dance companies, are […]
After the usual summer break, which is always too long for music lovers, the 2025/2026 season at the Opéra-Comique opens on 25 September 2025 with Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Jacques Offenbach‘s only opera and absolute masterpiece. Lotte de Beer‘s production comes from Strasbourg, where it premiered last January at the Opéra national […]
The news had been eagerly awaited: who would succeed Klaus Mäkelä at the helm of the Orchestre de Paris, one of the greatest French ensembles, if not the finest orchestra in the country? The answer has now arrived: the eminent Esa-Pekka Salonen has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris and will also […]
La Monnaie-De Munt has announced the extension of its Music Director Alain Altinoglu’s mandate. The French conductor, who has led the Brussels institution since 2016, will continue his mission alongside the new General and Artistic Director Christina Scheppelmann, who recently took office. According to Scheppelmann—who has long known the artist—renewing his contract was a top […]
Last June, a press release from the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège announced the renewal of Stefano Pace’s mandate as General Director of the Opera for a period of five years. Today, it is Giampaolo Bisanti’s turn to make the news. The mandate of the Music Director, the brilliant 53-year-old Italian conductor, has been extended until […]
