The lovers of Verona come down to Naples at the Teatro di San Carlo where, from 22 to 28 May 2022, Romeo and Juliet, the famous Prokofiev’s ballet, is performed. The great Italian institution is hosting the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production and, above all, Kenneth MacMillan’s beautiful choreography, which will be performed by the étoiles […]
From 22 May to 12 June 2022, the Zürich Opera House will stage Tatjana Gürbaca’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti’s masterpiece. A few days after Vienna, Lisette Oropesa will be joined by her partner Benjamin Bernheim, who has just made a remarkable debut at the Vienna State Opera as Edgardo. More info and […]
Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice has just appointed its new music director with Riccardo Minasi taking up his post in September 2022. But it doesn’t stop there as Fabio Luisi has been appointed honorary conductor, Donato Renzetti emeritus conductor and Francesco Filidei composer in residence. See all shows at Teatro Carlo Felice here :
Due to an illness that has prevented him from taking part in rehearsals, Maestro Riccardo Chailly, Music Director of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, will not be conducting the performances of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera on the prestigious Italian stage scheduled for 4 to 22 May 2022. In the pit, Nicola Luisotti and Giampaolo […]
While the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko had announced that she was temporarily retiring from the stage, forced by the West to take a stand on the war in Ukraine, the diva and international superstar is making an unexpected return to the Monte Carlo Opera until 30 April 2022, where she is replacing the ailing Maria […]
One of the most talked about and talented French dancers has just been appointed Danseur Etoile of the Opéra national de Paris. After ten triumphant performances of Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, Aurélie Dupont and Alexander Neef took to the stage of the Opéra Bastille on Saturday 23 April 2022 to honour François Alu, Danseur étoile. […]
It was to be one of the highlights of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s season, but in agreement with director Romeo Castellucci, the performances of Bach’s Matthäus-Passion scheduled for 10-13 April have been postponed until 2024. Due to the continuing pandemic, the project for the production directed by James Conlon could not be completed. From […]
The prestigious Baden-Baden Easter Festival is forced to change its line-up with the announcement of a reorganisation. It has been agreed with the interested party that Anna Netrebko will not perform with the Berliner Philharmoniker on 13 April 2022. Kirill Peternko is considering a new programme. Perhaps most sadly, while she was the other star […]
The war in Ukraine has had many repercussions on the world of culture and especially on classical music. In addition to the temporary withdrawal of Anna Netrebko, the cancellation of Denis Matsuev’s concerts, the resignation of Valery Gergiev and, more surprisingly, Tugan Sokhiev’s, musical director of the Bolshoi in Moscow and of the Orchestre national […]
The final of the second edition of the international La Maestra competition, which took place on Sunday 6 March 2022 at the Philharmonie de Paris, crowned Anna Sulkowska-Migon, a young Polish chef aged 26. Her compatriot Joanna Natalia Slusarczyk won second prize ahead of the Spanish Beatriz Fernandez Aucejo. Congratulations and best wishes for success […]
