Superb baroque conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón performs Carmina Latina (seen in 2016 at the Chapelle du Château de Versailles) is performed by Mariana Florès, Leandro Marziotte, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro et Matteo Bellotto, at the Opéra de Dijon on 7 January 2018.
Two great artists at Brussel’s Palais des Beaux-Arts on 12 December, Fazil Say and Nicolas Altstaedt performs works by Debussy, Janacek, Chostakovitch and Fazil Say himself.
Incredible ! On 24 January 2018 the Orchestra of La Scala Milan performs for the first time at London’s Barbican Hall, thanks to Maestro Riccardo Chailly brings the orchestra overseas to perfom Rossini, Tchaikovsky and Grieg’s famous Piano Concerto starring Benjamin Grosvenor.
Korean composer Jaehyuck Choi wins the 2017 Concours de Genève. Congrats!
Baritone Stéphane Degout is now a master of the mélodies and Lieder who will perform Fauré, Brahms and Schumann’s Kerner Lieder at the Opéra de Lyon on 3 December.
At Berlin’s Konzerthaus on 9 December, young russian violinist Alina Pogostkina performs for the first time with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Osmo Vänskä to perform Nielsen’s concerto and Sibelius’ En Saga a Symphony No. 2.
Good news, Maestro Josep Pons did it again, his contract as music director of the Liceu until is extended till 2021-22 season.
Drama at Sydney Opera House from 29 November to 2 December where the doors of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle opens thanks to David Robertson who conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with John Relyea and Michelle DeYoung.
Not to be missed on 28 & 29 July 2018 at Festival Castell Peralada, two huge events with Jonas Kaufmann recital with orchestra (on 28) and a concert version of Massenet’s Thaïs starring Ermonela Jaho and Plácido Domingo (on 29). Tickets are already available!
Huge event at Brussels’ La Monnaie-De Munt, from 10 December where great Olivier Py’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites is performed conducted by Alain Altinoglu with two beautiful casts as Patricia Petibon & Anne-Catherine Gillet, Véronique Gens & Marie-Adeline Henry, Sophie Koch & Karine Deshayes, Sandrine Piau & Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, etc.
