In Paris from May 7, 2019, the Opéra Comique once again is at the top of the events by performing after Bordeaux, Massenet’s Manon conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Olivier Py. The great director meets again the extraordinary soprano Patricia Petibon, one of the most accomplished performer and Py’s best actress.
He is triumphing at the Paris National Opéra as Otello, the demanding role in Verdi’s masterpiece, Roberto Alagna will be back in Bastille to perform as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen, one of his leading roles. The beautiful gypsy will be embodied by the exceptional mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili. Then from April 23 to May 23, […]
Songs: On March 18, 2019, the great recitalist Anne Sofie Von Otter returns to Brussel’s La Monnaie where she joins Bengt Forsberg and Pekka Kuusisto, her longtime partners to perform classic songs from Haydn, Schubert, Sibelius Korngold, Vaughan Williams and more contemporary with Britten, Tippett and especially Rufus Wainwright.
Contemporary: On 21, 23 & 26 March 2019, the superb baritone Matthias Goerne performs The Wound-Dresser by famous American composer John Adams with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaap van Zweden. The great baritone and Liedersänger specialist performs a contemporary work created in 1989.
Falstaff: Ambrogio Maestri, the famous Italian baritone known as the best Falstaff of his generation once again wears the clothes of Verdi’s hero from 22 February 2019 at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Robert Carsen’s production.
Berlin: On 22 and 24 February 2019, Vladimir Jurowski Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 2017 conducts two concerts at the Konzerthaus in Berlin around Richard Strauss’ Alpensinfonie. In addition to the program, on February 22, perfect pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, and on February 24, Akiko Suwanai, the […]
Role Debut: She talked about it in her 2016 interview, Sabine Devieilhe is Sophie finally ! Her debut in Strauss masterpiece Der Rosenkavalier, will be at Oper Zurich, from February 15 to March 3, 2019. Also starring, Krassimira Stoyanova, Anna Stéphany and Christof Fischesser share the main roles in the Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s production conducted by […]
Double Laureate: Great conductor Andris Nelsons and his orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, have been twice awarded by the US Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album and Best Orchestra Performance with Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 4 and 11. The CD published by Deutsche Grammophon in July 2018 has been recorded life during the September-October 2017 and […]
Just Married! : This news will break a lot of hearts since superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann is no longer bachelor. He just said “yes” to his bride, the opera director Christiane Lutz. As good news never comes alone, the young couple announced they expect a baby. All our best wishes of happiness !
With great conductor Christian Thielemann in 2019, the Wiener Philharmoniker chose the fantastic German tradition. The orchestra is now renewing his offer by inviting the superb condutor Andris Nelsons to conduct the famous Vienna’s New Year’s Eve concert in 2020.
