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Opera sur Seine : A new concept in Paris… and in France !

Discover Opéra sur Seine (Opera on the Seine), a new exceptional concept in Paris. On the program: a dinner, a cruise and an opera recital on the Seine. Experience a magical moment full of emotions aboard the River Palace and with the artists of the Opéra Clandestin company. These talented opera singers will perform alongside […]

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World Opera day: 7 opera houses honored by OperaVision

To celebrate the World Opera Day, OperaVision honors 7 opera houses around the world, from Tokyo to Rome and Paris, by broadcasting a selection of performances for free online throughout the day. This is the 3rd edition of the “World Opera Day” which aims to promote actions in the direction of young talents. On the […]

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ABAO, Bilbao

For this new 2021-2022 season, ABAO Bilbao is offering an ambitious programme of new productions with 8 titles covering the French, Italian and German repertoire. (Verdi, Rossini, Offenbach, Poulenc…) The season just began with a major premiere: a new performance at the ABAO of Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann with an exceptional cast (Michael Fabiano, Jessica […]

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From Verona, finally in Paris!

The most Italian of French operas, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, has not been performed at the  Opéra national de Paris  since 1985 (sic). From 13 to 21 December 2021, the  Opéra Comique  will once again perform the great masterpiece with an ideal cast (Julie Fuchs, Jean-François Borras, Adèle Charvet, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Jérôme Boutillier with Laurent […]

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Handel’s Fashion Work

This opera is not a complete discovery, yet it is particularly scheduled on the 2021-2022 season. Handel’s Partenope is on tour with Les Arts Florissants under the alternating direction of William Christie and Paul Agnew. In November, the Teatro Real in Madrid will present a production by Christopher Alden with Iestyn Davies and the brilliant […]

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Finally a good concert hall in Munich!

The event went almost unnoticed, but on 8 October 2021 Munich inaugurated the Isarphilharmonie, its new ephemeral concert hall! The paradox is well known. Unlike its rival Berlin, Germany’s musical capital, which has a superlative opera house and some of the best orchestras in the world, can only accommodate them in the Gasteig, which has […]

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First Opera Direttrice in Italy!

Bologna’s Teatro Communale is making Italian history by appointing for the very first time a woman as head of an opera house. After having been Music Director of the Graz Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra, Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv will step on her new role in January 2022. She is also well known to be the […]

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Adriana Lecouvreur changes conductor!

Omer Meir Wellber, who was scheduled to conduct the next performances of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur at the Wiener Staatsoper (22, 25, 29 October, 2 & 5 November 2021), has cancelled his visit to Vienna due to injury. In his place, Asher Fisch will conduct David McVicar’s beautiful production with a superb cast: Ermonela Jaho, Elina […]

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Everybody talks about Michael Spyres, again!

After his triumph in Paris in Beethoven’s Fidelio, the exceptional tenor Michael Spyres is now expected at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 21 and 23 October 2021, where he will perform for the first time as Idomeneo in Mozart’s opera. More info / Book your tickets HERE.    Photography : Michael Spyres ©  Marco Borrelli

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Musical stay in Milan: Macbeth and La Bayadère from 15 to 18 December

For all lyrical art amateur, assisting once to a performance at Teatro alla Scala of Milan is a dream, a mandatory step. With this stay, M&O offers you an exclusive immersion with performances which will be heard for a long time: a performance of Verdi’s Macbeth conducted by Riccardo Chailly with – among others – […]