In Montpellier, the next concert conducted by Michael Schønwandt whose contract as Principal conductor of the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie has been extended till 2021, will be held on 10 November at Le Corum starring great pianist Nelson Freire.
At Paris’ Palais Garnier from 15 November to 25 December 2017, the perfect revival of Willy Decker’s production of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito is performed by sharing the roles: Ramón Vargas & Michael Spyres (Tito), Stéphanie d’Oustrac & Marianne Crebassa (Sesto), Amanda Majeski & Aleksandra Kurzak (Vitellia), etc.
To succeed Jirí Belohlávek as Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, it’s not Jakub Hrusa as we hoped (he has been named Principal Guest Conductor) but Semyon Bychkov.
A great grand is announced, fantastic pianist Daniil Trifonov performs in perfect Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw on 3 December a piano récital with works by Chopin, Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky… To book urgently!
The Teatro Regio Torino performs a superb concert version of Verdi’s Macbeth at Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on 24 October dark as it should conducted by Maestro Gianandrea Noseda starring Dalibor Jenis and Anna Pirozzi, the new verdian voice…
A superb song recital is announced at Brussels La Monnaie-De Munt on 6 November 2017, splendid mezzo Karine Deshayes performs an original programme of Lierder by Mozart and Schubert but also également Weber, Spohr, Kreisler and Kreutzer.
Venise is such a beautiful city in winter and La Fenice such a « must go » theater especially for opera lovers because of La Traviata, performed in December and Juanary by two young and beautiful sopranos, Claudia Pavone and Mihaela Marcu sharing the title-role.
Superb soprano Lisette Oropesa is the new Lucia di Lammermoor at London’s Royal Opera House on stage from 30 October to 27 November.
Conducted by Daniel Harding a beautiful Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is announced at Wiener Staatsoper from 12 October starring Bernard Richter, Christiane Karg and Simon Keenlyside as Golaud.
While the next Lucerne Festival Piano will be held from 18 to 26 November, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra is touring in Asia for the first-ever time with Music Director Riccardo Chailly.
