While Paris will finally be able to discover his version of Giselle (scheduled for October 2022 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées), the brilliant choreographer Akram Khan presents at the Théâtre du Châtelet, from 15 to 26 May 2022, Jungle Book Reimagined, the story of The Jungle Book seen through the eyes of a refugee caught […]
While the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko had announced that she was temporarily retiring from the stage, forced by the West to take a stand on the war in Ukraine, the diva and international superstar is making an unexpected return to the Monte Carlo Opera until 30 April 2022, where she is replacing the ailing Maria […]
The leading couple of Ambroise Thomas’ Mignon heard at the Opéra Royal de Liège last April are back together. Stéphanie d’Oustrac and Philippe Talbot are back in a new production expected in Paris, at the Opéra Comique from 15 to 25 May 2022. Offenbach’s brilliant Périchole is directed by the very imaginative Valérie Lesort, who […]
One of the most talked about and talented French dancers has just been appointed Danseur Etoile of the Opéra national de Paris. After ten triumphant performances of Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, Aurélie Dupont and Alexander Neef took to the stage of the Opéra Bastille on Saturday 23 April 2022 to honour François Alu, Danseur étoile. […]
The New York Philharmonic, one of America’s greatest orchestras, still did not have a concert hall worthy of its status. Indeed, on the site of Lincoln Center, the current David Geffen Hall (formerly called Philharmonic Hall and then Avery Fisher Hall) was inaugurated in 1962 with acoustics that have never convinced music lovers. This October, […]
The Philharmonie de Paris, like all Western concert halls, has cancelled the visit of the pro-Putin Russian conductor Valery Gergiev. A prestigious replacement has been found for the performances on 16 and 17 May 2022 with Daniele Gatti who will conduct the Münchner Philharmoniker. A few programme changes have been made, including the cancellation of […]
Brussels is a little paradise for music lovers with two emblematic places, La Monnaie-De Munt and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, which is celebrating its centenary this year. On 4 April 1922, the construction of a brand new building bringing together all the arts under one roof was officially recorded. The house has been inaugurated on […]
The programme and organisation of the Verbier Festival has just undergone some upheaval following Valery Gergiev’s request to resign as musical director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. The opening of the 29th edition will be a concert redesigned in favour of a call for peace, solidarity and the inclusion of musicians of all nationalities. Italian […]
Tonight sees the premiere of a highly anticipated opera in Rome. Running from 22 to 31 March 2022 at the Teatro dell’Opera, the new production of Puccini’s Turandot is by Ai Weiwei. One of the most famous contemporary stage artists is making his directorial debut and says it will be his first and only experience. […]
In Marseille, the Théâtre des Calanques, located in the heart of nature, is programming a new creation from 18 March to 2 April 2022. Les Mariés de l’Apocalypse on a text by Marion Coutris set to music by Marco Quesada is a theatre opera directed by Serge Noyelle, a variation on the tragedy of a […]
