As it does every year on 7 December (Saint Ambrose’s Day, patron saint of the city of Milan), Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala opens its season with a highly anticipated production. Verdi’s Don Carlo was chosen by the renowned conductor Riccardo Chailly, its artistic director, to open the 2023-2024 season. As always, he has assembled […]
Tugan Sokhiev, the great Russian conductor who worked successfully at the helm of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse for 14 years, returns to the pink city but this time to conduct the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for an exceptional concert as part of the excellent Les Grands Interprètes serie. Prokofiev‘s suites from Romeo and […]
Currently conducted by Jaap van Zweden, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is 50 years old. To celebrate the event, their conductor is taking the artists on a European tour from 24 February to 8 March 2024. Dresden (Kulturpalast) on 24 February, Zurich (Tonhalle) on 26 February, Toulouse (Halle aux Grains) on 28 February, Aix-en-Provence (Grand […]
It’s a birthday no music lover worth his salt could ever forget. Today, 2 December 2023, Maria Callas, the legendary soprano, celebrates her 100th birthday. Happy birthday, madam, and thank you for everything you have contributed to the many opera lovers who still treasure you in their hearts! Maria Callas © Publifoto – Milan […]
The great artist Paavo Järvi has more than one string to his bow, conducting prestigious orchestras around the world every season. Conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich since 2020, he maintains a special relationship with his other orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, of which he has been Artistic Director since 2004. Following the success of his […]
While it can boast a glorious past, Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos remains a low-key venue with a programme that European music lovers have been watching out for. The eighteenth-century theatre, located in the heart of the historic Chiado district, hosts only a handful of productions each season, as the institution has other, more […]
Since taking over the venue, the Opera a Palazzo troupe is planning two evenings of celebration, on 30 and 31 December 2023, in the enchanting setting of the Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris. A performance of Verdi’s La Traviata on the 30th (as well as on 15 and 29 December) will be followed by […]
Following the success of previous campaigns, the Théâtre national de l’Opéra-Comique is launching its 4th crowdfunding campaign in aid of its Maîtrise populaire, a multi-disciplinary programme of excellence in the performing arts for young people aged 8 to 25 from all social backgrounds. The Maîtrise has 115 students, not necessarily musicians to begin with, supervised […]
The Grand Théâtre de Genève is preparing to host the event production of its season. From 13 to 26 December 2023, Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier is conducted by Jonathan Nott, Artistic and Musical Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande leading his orchestra, with a top-class cast. The delicate Swedish soprano Maria Bengtsson performs as […]
The Oper Leipzig has just announced the name of its new musical director. From the 2025-26 season, conductor Ivan Repušić will be the new Generalmusikdirektor at the helm of the Gewandhausorchester, as the opera house can boast of regularly having one of Europe’s greatest orchestras in its pit. Currently Principal Conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and […]
