After a grandiose 2023 season that marked its 100th anniversary, the Verona Arena Festival has just put the shows for the 2024 edition on sale. From 8 June to 7 September, there will be five special evenings, including a dance show by Roberto Bolle and, above all, seven opera titles, including a tribute to Puccini. […]
The great tragedienne Adrienne Lecouvreur inspired an opera, Adriana Lecouvreur, Cilea‘s masterpiece, which is set to delight the Parisian stage. While the actress will be played by Anna Netrebko and Anna Pirozzi in alternation from 16 January to 7 February 2024 at the Opéra national de Paris, a concert version is performed at the Théâtre […]
As she prepares to perform in Sydney in the concert hall of Jørn Utzon’s famous Opera House on 9-11 November 2023, legendary violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has chosen music by John Williams. The immortal composer of music for Star Wars, Jaws and Shindler’s List has specially written a concerto for the exceptional artist who commissioned it. […]
The great prima ballerina assoluta Alessandra Ferri has just been appointed the new director of the Vienna Opera Ballet. From 1 September 2025, she will succeed Martin Schläpfer, who has decided not to renew his contract. The Etoile will take over the artistic direction of the ballet company (and also that of the Wiener Staatsoper […]
For three seasons now in Paris, the Opera a Palazzo troupe has been bringing intense emotions to its audiences, welcoming them to the most beautiful venues in the capital. After the Hôtel Dosne-Thiers in the Nouvelle Athènes and the Musée Jacquemart-André, it is now the doors of the Hôtel de La Monnaie, on the Quai […]
From 6 to 29 November 2023, the Opéra Bastille once again welcomes the aesthetic universe of Bob Wilson with his production of Puccini’s Turandot. For the occasion, two sopranos were to alternate on stage. While Tamara Wilson will make her Paris Opéra debut before playing Beatrice di Tenda in Bellini’s opera on the same stage […]
After Trois mélodies sur des poèmes de Pierre de Ronsard recorded for the B Records label, young French composer Othman Louati reunites with his interpreter, soprano Marie-Laure Garnier, for the world premiere of his very first opera, Les Ailes du désir. The libretto by Gwendoline Soublin, based on an original idea by Johanny Bert, is […]
María de Buenos Aires, Ástor Piazzolla‘s tango opera combining song, theatre and dance, is on at the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 27 October to 5 November 2023, directed by Ticino-born Daniele Finzi Pasca. Soprano Raquel Camarinha performs as Maria opposite Inés Cuello, a great tango voice, in the male role of Payador. The musical […]
Today, 25 October 2023 is World Opera Day. It’s a special day for the opera world and for Music & Opera, even if, happily, it’s Opera Day for all music lovers! Find all the operas of the 2023/2024 season
In a short space of time, soprano Lise Davidsen has easily established herself as one of the greatest voices of her generation. Her unique dramatic soprano has led to her being named Artist of the Year 2024 at the 63rd Musical America Worldwide Awards. Conductor Antonio Pappano, soloist Anthony McGill, composer Kevin Puts and the […]
