After the announcement of an anticipated end of season due to the pandemic, the Swiss scene can welcome spectators again and take this opportunity to open again. The 2019-2020 season will finally end with a Festival starring great artists such as Diana Damrau, Thomas Hampson, Sabine Devieilhe and Benjamin Bernheim and many others, Piotr Beczala, […]
Domino effect at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The cancellation of the beginning of the opera season 2020-2021 has consequence on the 2021 season. For scheduling reasons, the Met cancels the revival of Berg’s Lulu production and replaces it with additional performances of Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia starring Brenda Rae who is switching from […]
New York is still in the crisis! After the cancellation of the beginning of the Metropolitan Opera’s season, it is now the New York Philharmonic who announce the cancellation of his concerts through January 5, 2021. In a country where the number of deaths remains very high, the safety of the audience, musicians, and employees […]
The rumor about Jonas Kaufmann denied! Here and there on social media, the cancelation of the famous tenor’s Christmas tour 2020 is announced, but this is fake news. Jonas Kaufmann has confirmed that the tour will be held unless of course COVID-19 prevents it. Munich, Frankfort and Paris are awaiting to welcome the event. […]
Finally some (not very good) news from the Opéra national de Paris! Since the end of the lockdown, opera lovers were waiting for the announcement of the reopening of Palais Garnier and Opéra Batsille. In May, Stéphane Lissner made an announcement which is now confirmed. The Opéra national de Paris will anticipate some refurbishment of […]
Good news, the Lille Piano(s) Festival will take place on June 12, 13 and 14, 2020 live and in replay on the YouTube channel and the Facebook page of the Lille National Orchestra with a beautiful cast: Alexandre Kantorow, David Kadouch, Victor Julien-Laferrièrre, Jonas Vitaud, Lucienne Renaudin … but also surprises from Brussels, Amsterdam or […]
On June 21, 2020, music party will also take place in front of the screens. As part of the OperaVision Summer gala, eight European theaters (the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, the Komische Oper in Berlin, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Opéra Comique de Paris, the Teatro dell’Opera de Rome, the Royal […]
Austria, the country of Mozart confirms its first place as a head nation of classical music. We known now that the Salzburger Festspiele will be held. Another major festival just announced its confirmation. The Grafenegg Festival 2020 will be held with the required adaptations and all the precautions against the COVID-19 virus. The 32 hectare […]
Toréador « songe que l’amour t’attend », love is waiting for you and will wait a little bit longer ! The Paris’ Opéra Comique is forced to postpone the Franco-Chinese new production of Bizet’s Carmen, scheduled to open the new 2020-21 season in September. This is just an « au revoir » since performances will […]
While the reopening of the Concert Halls remains uncertain, some orchestras are already starting to organize themselves like the famous Amsterdam’s Concertgebouworkest. The orchestra just opened the 2020-2021 season’s tickets booking reassuring his clients by announcing full refund in case of further cancellations. The orchestra has been able to rehearse again. An audience of one […]
