Maria João Pires quits! It is confirmed and Lars Vogt replaces on 9 & 10 May at Philharmonie de Paris.

Party goes on at the Scala de Milano with Strauss’ Die Fledermaus performed from 19 January, Cornelius Meister conducts the Cornelius Obonya’s production.

Korean violinist Kyung-Wha Chung won’t be back at Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on 23 March as scheduled, the artist must cancel her Paris concert.

In classical music too… Conductor Charles Dutoit leaves the Artistic Direction of the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra because he faces allegations of sexual harassment.

New cast change at the Metropolitan Opera from January 22, after Marco Armiliato replacing Maestro James Levine, Verdi’s Il Trovatore is now performed by Jennifer Rowley as Leonora in all performances, she replaces Maria Agresta who is ill.

Before the productions of Boesmans’ Pinocchio or Strauss’ Elektra, the Opéra National de Bordeaux performs on 19 & 21 January 2018, a highlight of the season with Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, celebrating Debussy’s death 100 years ago. Marc Minkowski conducts the production with tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac, soprano Chiara Skerath and baritone Alexandre Duhamel for […]

On 8–11 February 2018, great Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui performs Pluto at London’s Barbican Theatre based on Manga’s iconic Astro Boy tale.

Nobody knows de trouble I see from great composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann will be performed on 28 January at Berlin Philharmonie, starring Håkan Hardenberger and Ingo Metzmacher who conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

The Toulouse’s Halle aux Grains hosts a marvellous concert on 14 March 2018 where great conductor Raphaël Pichon with his Ensemble Pygmalion and divine soprano Sabine Devieilhe among others perfect singers perform esoteric Mozart’s masterpiece the famous Requiem and masonic pieces from the Fellowcraft Mozart.

After the Devil Trilogy staged by Olivier Py in Geneva, one Faust was missing. Gounod’s Faust is now performed at the Opéra des Nations from 1 to 18 February 2018, to celebrate Gounod’s 200th Birthday. Georges Lavaudant directs the production and Jesús López Cobos conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.