Breaking the waves, Lars von Trier’s film Grand Prix at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, will not be screened at the Salle Favart in Paris on 28, 30 and 31 May 2023, but will be performed in its operatic version. The multi-awarded work by female composer Missy Mazzoli was premiered at the Philadelphia Opera in […]
Dialogues des Carmélites becomes a permanent fixture in the repertoire of major opera houses. Two new productions are expected in Vienna and Liège. Francis Poulenc‘s great masterpiece, which was last performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1964, returns from 21 May 2023, this time with a new production by Magdalena Fuchsberger in which Sabine […]
The announced event will take place this summer with the Verona Arena Festival celebrating its 100th anniversary, from 16 June to 9 September 2023, with large-scale productions and ad hoc casts. All the stars of the international opera scene are invited to celebrate the occasion. Among them are the star dancer Roberto Bolle, Jonas Kaufmann […]
A major premiere at the Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse, which, from 23 to 30 May 2023, is bringing a great masterpiece by Britten into its repertoire. The Rape of Lucretia, a pocket opera created in 1946 at the Glyndebourne Festival, is a poignant work that will be directed by Anne Delbée and conducted […]
La Bohème is Puccini‘s great masterpiece and also one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. With Mimí’s story bringing tears to many eyes, it is not surprising that the calendars of the great opera capitals have crossed, as in Paris, where two productions are expected at the end of the season. Aboard […]
The American pianist Kimball Gallagher will give a recital in Salle Gaveau on 12 June 2023, opening up new perceptions with a programme of classical music from Africa and Europe. Indeed, alongside works by Mozart and Chopin, original contemporary creations will be heard such as the compositions of Souhayl Guesmi, mixing piano, saxophone, nay (Tunisian […]
Today the dance world is paying its last respects to the great choreographer Pierre Lacotte. On 10 April, his wife Ghislaine Thesmar, danseuse étoile, announced the passing of the master of dance at the age of 91. Student at the Paris Opera School of Dance, then a dancer at the prestigious Paris Opera House, he […]
Only two dates in Milan that are already sold out, Jonas Kaufmann once again unleashes the crowds in an Italian opera. Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier will be performed at Teatro alla Scala from 3 to 27 May 2023 with Yusif Eyvazov and Jonas Kaufmann for only two dates. After Vienna and the missed appointment in […]
One of the highlights of the 2022-2023 dance season at the Opéra national de Paris, The Dante Project by British choreographer Wayne McGregor enters the Paris Opera Ballet repertory on 3 May 2023 (until 31) at the Palais Garnier. Premiered in London in October 2021, the ballet is based on Dante’s Divine Comedy and features […]
With the splendid fifth edition just completed, the Voix des Outre-mer competition is already inviting French talent to take part in the sixth edition. Registration is open until 15 May 2023. This lyrical competition is open to all talents from the French Overseas Territories, whether or not they have training, who are interested in discovering, […]
