Music & Opera

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Les Misérables are back in Paris

A hit on Broadway, in London, and on the big screen with over 130 million viewers worldwide, the musical Les Misérables returns to Paris from November 20, 2024, to January 2, 2025, at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Let’s remember that this record-breaking masterpiece premiered at the Palais des Sports in Paris in 1980. Since then, […]

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A Big Shaw, Finally in Paris!

Caroline Shaw is a complete artist. A renowned composer, violinist, and singer, she is the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, which she won in 2013 for Partita for 8 Voices at the age of thirty! From November 20 to 23, 2024, the Philharmonie de Paris is dedicating a series of concerts to […]

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Easter in Aix with Capuçon

One of the great must-attend events in the international classical music scene, the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival has just unveiled its 2025 program, featuring, as we’ve come to expect, a wealth of stars. Renaud Capuçon, the renowned violinist and artistic director, has invited Martha Argerich, Lea Desandre, Christophe Rousset, Gautier Capuçon, Kian Soltani, Bertrand Chamayou, and […]

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The Thunis is Ready to Be Heard Again

Stradivarius is not dead! As long as his legendary instruments are played on stages around the world, the famous luthier from Cremona will continue to live on as a reference for all artists. Thanks to the loan of the 1702 Stradivarius “Thunis” by KIA Motors, the owner of the instrument, the young German violinist Clara-Jumi […]

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The Return of the Freeshooter in Europe

A highly popular romantic opera, Weber’s Der Freischütz once graced opera houses worldwide, with its melodies hummed everywhere, before gradually fading from the stage. Created for the inauguration of the famous Konzerthaus in Berlin, the work is still performed in Germany. It can be discovered in the spectacular production by Philipp Stölzl at the Bregenz […]

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Sonya Yoncheva and William Christie, mind your head!

A return to her roots for the voluptuous soprano Sonya Yoncheva, who reunites with William Christie after participating in one of the early editions of Le Jardin des Voix, the academy for young singers by Les Arts Florissants. On November 1, 2024, at the Philharmonie de Paris, November 5 at La Halle aux Grains in […]

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Peter Grimes Still Moves to Tears

Rarely has an opera production been so highly praised by critics and embraced by the public. Co-produced by the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, and the Opéra national de Paris, Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, directed by Deborah Warner, is scheduled for five exceptional performances at the Teatro […]

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Venice, Verdi, and La Traviata, Forever and Ever

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi was born at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice. Like the famous phoenix that gives the theater its name, the opera house has burned down several times, the most recent in 1996. For the reopening of the restored venue, “Dov’era, com’era” (“as it was and where it was“), it was only fitting […]

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Mozart and Camille Delaforge Take Command at Versailles

On November 16, 2024, the Chapelle Royale of Versailles will host the dynamic ensemble Il Caravaggio and its conductor Camille Delaforge, as they explore the origins of Mozart. The work on the program, Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots (The Obligation of the First Commandment), is in fact Mozart’s first sacred opera. Rarely performed, this early […]

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The Moor of Venice in Venice!

Otello, one of Giuseppe Verdi‘s ultimate masterpiece and an opera of his later years, is back on stage at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, which is pulling out all the stops to welcome its Shakespearean hero. The Moor of Venice will be performed from November 20 to December 1, 2024, by the incandescent tenor Francesco Meli, […]