It is still time to party in Venezia where Lehár’s masterpiece Die lustige Witwe (or The Merry Widow or La vedova allegra) is performed from 2 February (promo) at gorgious Teatro La Fenice sateged by Damiano Michieletto and conducted by Stefano Montanari.
Check out our classification of outfits NOT recommended for opera. Between blunders and tastings, here are the mistakes not to commit! 1- (big) jewels … At the opera or in a concert hall, the only instruments that make music are on stage or in the orchestra pit. Jewelry and other accessories must remain silent to […]
Far from being an unusual topic, the way you dress up at the opera can be a real headache for those who go there for the very first time, but also for music lover who does not necessarily know what to wear in opera houses abroad. Let’s say it, there is no real rule! Let’s take […]
With a Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky programme, great conductor Riccardo Chailly is on tour with his Filarmonica della Scala at Müpa Budapest (on 25 January), Paris Philharmonie (on 26) or Luxembourg Philharmonie (on 27).
A superb diptyc is announced at Brussel’s La Monnaie / De Munt from 6 March, Damiano Michieletto’s production of Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci is conducted by Evelino Pidò starring soprano Ainhoa Arteta as Nedda and Eva-Maria Westbroek & Alex Penda sharing the role of Santuzza.
The Paris wonderful Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet has always a brilliant programmation as from 9 to 16 February 2018, rare Shostakovich’s musical Moscou Paradis (Moscow, Cheryomushki) staged by Julien Chavaz.
The Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris opens 2018 with choreographer John Cranko’s masterpiece, Onegin on Tchaikovsky’s music is performed from 10 February at Palais Garnier. Un major event of the dance season, not to be missed…
Fantastic artists collaboration at NYC’s Carnegie Hall, on Feb. 6 the greatest liedersänger Matthias Goerne meets the new star of the piano, Daniil Trifonov for an exceptional Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich and Brahms recital.
To celebrate Gounod’s 200th anniversary, Faust his masterpiece is performed at Geneva’s Opéra des Nations from 1st February but the announced conductor Jesús López Cobos is “deluxe” replaced by Michel Plasson.
From 21 January, a major event is scheduled at the Teatro dell’Opera with performances of rare Verdi’s opera I masnadieri conducted by maestro Roberto Abbado and directed by Massimo Popolizio.
