Ever since Trisha Brown, it has been known that Monteverdi’s Orfeo is an opera that can be danced to. The choreographer Sasha Waltz has created a production that will be staged at the Teatro Real in Madrid from 20 to 24 November 2022, with the astonishing baritone Georg Nigl in the title role and the […]

While Matthias Schulz, the new director of the Oper Zürich, one of Europe’s most prestigious Opera House, will only be in charge from the 2025/26 season onwards, he has just taken his first decision by requesting the extension of the contract of conductor Gianandrea Noseda, who will remain until at least the 2027/28 season. Noseda […]

After her triumph in Pesaro, the exceptional Karine Deshayes returns to the role of Elizabeth of England in Rossini‘s opera, Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra at the Opéra de Marseille on 8, 10 and 13 November 2022. The concert version conducted by Roberto Rizzi Brignoli is also performed by Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Julien Dran and Ruzil Gatin. Royal […]

Every season, Cecilia Bartoli‘s appearance in Paris is an event. In the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez on Friday 25 November 2022, the Philharmonie had announced a Mozart concert, but the diva has refined her idea by finally programming a concert version of La Clemenza di Tito by the same Mozart with an exceptional cast. John […]

After the Opéra Comique’s production last May, La Périchole, Jacques Offenbach‘s delightful opera buffa, is once again on stage in Paris. The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées will host a brand new production by Laurent Pelly from 13 to 27 November 2022. After the great success of his Lakmé at the Salle Favart (with Sabine Devieilhe), the […]

As Bizet’s Carmen, the most performed French opera in the world, returns to the Opéra Bastille from 15 November to 3 December 2022 (then from 28 January to 25 February 2023) in Calixto Bieito‘s production, the bill holds a surprise. Alongside Michael Spyres’ Don José, Carmencita is perfomed by Gaëlle Arquez, who will then be […]

While the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden was waiting for the performances of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (17-20 November 2022) conducted by Teodor Currentzis with his MusicAeterna orchestra, the conductor announced that some singers were no longer fully available for the solo parts. So no more Wagner, but an alternative of comparable value has been found with Verdi’s […]

London’s Royal Opera House has announced the name of Antonio Pappano’s successor as Music Director of the great English institution, who will take up his post in 2025. He is the excellent Czech conductor Jakub Hrusa, 41, currently Principal Conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker, Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and of the […]

Budding Parisian soloists who are used to singing in the shower are invited to get out of their bathroom to show off their vocal organs. In partnership with the BETC communication agency and JCDecaux, on Thursday 27 October from 10am to 7pm, the Opéra Comique is organising “It’s show(er) time”, a happening where everyone is […]

She had not returned to the Grands Interprètes serie since 2018, Khatia Buniatishvili will be at the Halle aux Grains on Tuesday 13 December 2022 to perform works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. The popularity of the great pianist is so important that it is best to rush for the last remaining […]