While the new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées is a success, another production by Damiano Michieletto will soon be on the bill. Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, an absolute masterpiece of the buffa genre, is on at the Opéra Bastille from 30 May to 19 June 2022. The cast, conducted […]
While the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris has just announced its new 2022-2023 season, a press release announces the very first change and it is a happy news! She was scheduled to perform Offenbach’s La Périchole, directed by Marc Minkowski and staged by Laurent Pelly, from 13 November 2022 but Marianne Crebassa is expecting a […]
With bookings already in full swing, the Chorégies d’Orange is looking forward to lyrical and symphonic productions with some changes. Following the sad death of Nicholas Angelich, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard has agreed to perform Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto No. 5 alongside Myung-Whun Chung and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (7/7). Fabio Sartori has given up […]
While the new production of Offenbach’s La Périchole is delighting such a large audience that the performances are almost sold out, the Opéra Comique is hosting on Saturday 11 June 2022 at 8pm, the concert version of another opera no less delightful. Phryné, the only “comic” opera by Camille Saint-Saëns and one of his most […]
The 41st “Franco Abbiati” prizes awarded by the Italian Music Critics have crowned many artists for the year 2021, such as singers Eleonora Buratto and Iván Ayón Rivas, Alpes Chauhan (conductor of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Regionale Toscana and Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano), Damiano Michieletto (for the staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto […]
Since its opening, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg has been fully booked, which often discourages the goodwill of a good number of travellers who want to experience the hall from the inside. The smart ones will hurry to book the newly announced concerts in the framework of the Elbphilharmonie Sommer 2022, where they can find a […]
The famous Moor of Venice makes a diversion to London’s Royal Opera House where, from 12 to 24 July 2022, tenor Russell Thomas performs as the Shakespearean hero of Verdi’s opera, alongside Hrachuhí Bassénz as Desdemona and Christopher Maltman as Iago. The revival of Keith Warner’s production, in which a certain Jonas Kaufmann has been […]
Although it has participated in the success of many festival evenings, the Orchestre de Paris has not returned to Aix in four years. This 2022 season marks the great return of the Orchestra to the city of Aix, which will even be in residence at the Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence with three events. Richard […]
As the Voix des Outre-mer competition enters its fifth year, its President, the solar countertenor Fabrice di Falco, has just been promoted to the rank of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by Mrs Roselyne Bachelot, French Minister of Culture. This honour highlights the remarkable work accomplished by the artist both as a soloist and […]
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Teresa Berganza. Thanks to the recording, the great Spanish mezzo will remain an eternal Carmen, a vibrant Sesto and a mischievous Rosina. « Dans le livre d’en haut, si ta page est heureuse, mêle et coupe sans peur, la carte sous tes doigts […]
