What if the best Parsifal of the season was Viennese? Wagner‘s opera will be performed at the prestigious Vienna State Opera from 6 to 16 April 2023, during Easter week as tradition demands. The sacred stage festival is conduted by Philippe Jordan, who has assembled a prestigious cast with Klaus Florian Vogt succeeding Jonas Kaufmann […]
The Richard-Strauss-Tage (Richard Strauss Days Festival) will be held in Dresden from 2 to 16 April 2023, in the hall where many of his creations were performed, the Semperoper. Concerts and operas are on the programme, but Christian Thielemann, the Staatskapelle’s principal conductor, will not be attending for health reasons. Der Rosenkavalier is now conducted […]
Maria Callas was born Anna Maria Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulou on 2 December 1923 in New York but it was in Athens that she began her incredible career. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth, the Greek National Opera pays tribute to her with a wonderful production of Cherubini’s Medea (directed by David […]
Lars Von Trier’s movie made a lasting impression on the Cannes Film Festival in 1996 and then on audiences around the world. Breaking the Waves has since become an opera with music by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by Royce Vavrek. Premiered in September 2016 at Opera Philadelphia, the production received the 2017 International Opera […]
While she is a great success every night at the Opéra Bastille as Ophelia (alongside Ludovic Tézier’s Hamlet until 30 March 2023), while she completed a half-marathon last week at the Stade de France and while she has just been named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Lisette Oropesa is continuing her beautiful […]
Joyce DiDonato was due to take on the role of Carmen in Strasbourg, but will not be taking part in the production. Elena Maximova is replacing her. Other Carmens are expected in France in the near future, such as Marie-Nicole Lemieux at the Chorégies d’Orange or, closer, the flamboyant Gaëlle Arquez, who will be on […]
The Paris Opera is breaking new ground by hosting Nixon in China, the first opera by John Adams to enter the repertoire. The production will be performed at the Opéra Bastille from 25 March to 16 April 2023 and is directed by Valentina Carrasco in her first staging at the Opéra national de Paris. The […]
While he has just published a book of interviews with Antoine Boulay (Marc Minkowski – Chef d’orchestre ou centaure, Séguier edition), while he is coming out of a triumphant tour of Handel’s Alcina and while he is expected to conduct Massenet’s Manon in April 2023 at the Liceu, Marc Minkowski has had a fall, not […]
One of the most photographed façades in the world will be discreet until the end of 2024. The famous Palais Garnier in Paris, built in 1875 and classified as a historic monument since 1923, is to have its main façade restored. Cleaning, depollution, replacement of damaged elements, restoration of gilding, sculptural elements and sculptures, anti-graffiti […]
While she was announced as the guest star at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Anna Pirozzi will not make her debut as Adriana Lecouvreur in Liège, the soprano reserving her role debut for Paris (as she announced in the interview she gave to CCC). From 11 to 22 April 2023, the Théâtre Royal will host […]
