Maybe you missed it, the great news of this summer has been announced by the Bayreuth Festival, Roberto Alagna will sing the title-role of Wagner’s Lohengrin in 2018 alongside Anja Harteros and Waltraud Meier.

The autumn season of the Teatro alla Scala begins on 2 September with a masterpiece of German opera, Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and conducted by Marc Albrecht

This week-end, the Festival de Royaumont opens its doors till 8 October and offres as usual concerts, dance, recitals and more to discover…

At Wiener Staatsoper in January 2018, soprano Sabine Devieilhe performs as Marie in Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment but announced tenor Javier Camarena as Tonio canceled, John Tessier replaces.

At Paris’ Salle Gaveau a great concert opens the new 2017/2018 season of Philippe Maillard Productions, on 19/9 great artist Jordi Savall perform celtic music with Andrew Lawrence-King and Carlos Núñez

The Berliner Philharmoniker will perform Haydn’s Die Schöpfung in Lucerne (30/8, KKL Luzern, Concert Hall) and Paris (3/9, Philharmonie Grande salle Pierre Boulez) conducted by Sir Simon Rattle but soprano Genia Kühmeier is ill, Elsa Dreisig replaces.

When Paris is already in tears, Vienna can rejoice: conductor Philippe Jordan now Music Director of the Opéra national de Paris has been named Musikdirektor of the Wiener Staatsoper from 2020!

Soprano Adela Zaharia and tenor Levy Sekgapane are the 2017 winners of the famous Placidó Domingo Operalia Contest (still on replay on medici.tv), congrats !

We were waiting for the name of the new Aida at les Chorégies d’Orange on 2 & 5 August, young somparno Elena O’Connor replaces Sondra Radvanovsky as Aida for her debut and for the first time in France. A star is born ?

The great Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt turns 90 today… Happy Birthday Maestro !