From 9 November to 3 December 2023, the Zurich opera house will be staging Götterdämmerung, Twilight of the Gods, the final part of Wagner‘s famous Nibelungen Ring tetralogy. Other performances of the complete cycle are scheduled at the Opernhaus in May 2024, but another Ring event has been announced for Berlin during the Festtage at […]
Having sung the role on stage many times, the extraordinary Cecilia Bartoli is back on tour in the guise of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Handel‘s masterpiece. The Orchestre Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco conducted by the loyal Gianluca Capuano is at the helm, with a cast chosen to surround […]
The Grands Interprètes series in Toulouse invites Laurence Equilbey to conduct the Insula Orchestra and the Accentus Choir on Wednesday 20 December 2023 at the Halle aux Grains for a seasonal programme. Surrounded by Sandrine Piau, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Dijan, Stuart Jackson and Alex Rosen, the conductor will conduct Handel’s Messiah. Get your tickets for Messiah to […]
At the end of an amazing show at the Opéra Comique on 8 October 2023, the winners of the Voix Nouvelles 2023 competition were announced, crowning the favourite artist as predicted. Following in the footsteps of some big names such as Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes and Stéphane Degout, Lauranne Oliva, the talented 22-year-old soprano, takes […]
Legendary conductor Riccardo Muti is taking his orchestra – the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – on a European tour from 11 to 29 January 2024. This new year will start on the theme of excellence, given the dedication and professionalism this great artist is renowned for. Cologne, Essen, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Milan, Paris, Rome, Turin, Vienna as […]
Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s production opened the debates this summer at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. By offering the roles to singers in their fifties, the director proposed a radical version of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. From 2 to 22 February 2024, audiences at the Théâtre du Châtelet will be able to discover his work, with a special treat […]
2023 is the year of Maria Callas, because on 2 December she would have been 100 years old. Tributes to the Diva assoluta have already been paid around the world (notably in Athens, where she made her debut), but Paris is rolling out the finest red carpet with a gala evening on 2 December 2023, […]
Since the announcement of Daniel Barenboim‘s illness and then his retirement as director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the news had been expected. Christian Thielemann will take over the reins of Berlin’s historic opera house from September 2024. As the German conductor’s contract as Music Director of the Dresden Staatskapelle comes to an end […]
Lille Opera is particularly in the news this 2023-2024 season as the venerable institution celebrates a double anniversary. Just 20 years ago, the opera house returned to the public after a long period of closure for renovation. But it’s the 100th anniversary in particular that will be celebrated this year, as the Lille Opera opened […]
Rusalka, Dvořák‘s superb but rarely performed masterpiece, is the title chosen for the second edition of Opéras au Sud, the regional initiative for opera production. Thanks to a co-production with Arsud, the Opéras de Marseille, Nice, Toulon and with the support of the City of Avignon, Jean-Philippe Clarac and Olivier Deloeuil‘s production will premiere on […]
