Italian director Damiano Michieletto is a very busy man especially this autumn. On 18 October 2022, Handel’s Alcina will be premiered at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The title role will be performed by the diva Cecilia Bartoli, who has already performed in Salzburg in 2019. On 28 October, Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier conducted […]
The Champs-Elysées will welcome Orpheus and Eurydice as it should, but from 21 September to 1 October 2022, this is not mythology! The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées reprises Robert Carsen’s magnificent production of Gluck’s opera to offer the superb Jakub Józef Orliński the iconic and much-anticipated role of Orfeo. With his golden voice and magazine cover […]
Spectators at the Festival dell’Arena di Verona who were present at the incredible temple of opera on 28 August 2022 for a performance of Verdi’s Aida were in for a nice surprise. While another tenor had been announced, they were able to witness the Verona stage debut of Jonas Kaufmann as Radames. After the recitals, […]
While the second round has only just ended in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the fifth edition of the Voix des Outre-mer competition is already shaping up to be a memorable one. The first final was held in Saint-Ouen (at the Region’s headquarters) on Saturday 2 July 2022 for candidates from Ile-de-France representing Martinique, Guadeloupe, Reunion, Guyana […]
Not to be missed this summer, the lovely Riches Heures Musicales de la Rotonde festival (in Simiane-La-Rotonde in Haute-Provence) is celebrating an anniversary this year. The fortieth season like a fireworks takes place from 5 to 13 August 2022 with prestigious guests such as Sandrine Piau, Christophe Rousset and the splendid Karine Deshayes. More […]
The Metropolitan Opera has awarded the 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award with $50,000 to help launch the recipient’s career. After Erin Morley, Brenda Rae, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ben Bliss and Ryan Speedo Green were awarded as a group in 2021 due to Covid, baritone Will Liverman is the new star with a bright future. He […]
With bookings already in full swing, the Chorégies d’Orange is looking forward to lyrical and symphonic productions with some changes. Following the sad death of Nicholas Angelich, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard has agreed to perform Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto No. 5 alongside Myung-Whun Chung and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (7/7). Fabio Sartori has given up […]
Although it has participated in the success of many festival evenings, the Orchestre de Paris has not returned to Aix in four years. This 2022 season marks the great return of the Orchestra to the city of Aix, which will even be in residence at the Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence with three events. Richard […]
Just one year ago, a rather special venue opened in Paris. For one evening, the magnificent salons of the Dosne-Thiers Foundation (on the Place Saint-Georges in the perfectly suitable district of New Athens) were transformed into the home of Violetta Valéry, the Palazzo of La Traviata. To celebrate the event, Opera a Palazzo, the organiser, […]
