Prince Orlofsky receives a distinguished guest! At the Wiener Staatsoper, the performance of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus on December 31 usually reserves a nice surprise. It is a tradition during Act II that Prince Orlofsky received a surprise guest. Tonight, the lucky audience will have the joy to applaud superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann himself. Nice […]
The best of the Glyndebourne Festival in Paris, at the Théâtre du Châtelet! In 2015, the new production of beautiful oratorio Handel’s Saül’s directed by Barrie Kosky has been acclaimed by the audience and received a very positive reception from English and international critics. For this exceptional revival, Laurence Cummings conducts Les Talens Lyriques with […]
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The Salzburg Mozart Institute is recovering hair! As the next Mozart Woche (from January 23 to February 2, 2020) is announced, the famous Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum has announced the acquisition of a collection of original documents including a lock of hair belonging to the famous composer. Still, we do not know if Figaro made the […]
The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, fire victim! The New Year’s Eve concert featuring the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria is undergoing some changes. Following last summer’s fires in Gran Canaria, his government had to reconsider certain projects, including the venue of his symphony orchestra in Baden-Baden. The great German institution has therefore announced its replacement by the […]
Great German bass René Pape postpone his debut as Baron Och in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. The new production under the direction of André Heller to be premierd 9 February 2020 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, will be conducted by Zubin Mehta. Günther Groissböck will take over the role of Baron Ochs from René […]
Role for sale at Sydney Opera House! Each year, the famous Australian institution schedules an outdoor production on Sydney Harbour. This season, a limited number of walk-on roles are available to perform in front of an audience of nearly 3,000 people. On 1, 8, 15, or 22 April 2020, at a cost of AUD 4,999, […]
The Compagnie Les Brigands encouraged by the Palazzetto Bru Zane is back on the stage of the magnificent Athénée théâtre Louis-Jouvet in Paris to amuse his audience by performing Maurice Yvain’s operetta, yes! The performances of a version for nine singers, a jazz trio and two pianos will be held from December 19, 2019 to […]
Great conductor Alain Altinoglu is twice in the News because he has just been appointed chief conductor of the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt (from season 2021-2022) and his contract as music director of Monnaie/De Munt in Brussels has just extended till 2025. This is great news! Photo : Alain Altinoglu © Marco Borggreve
The 2019 season ends in style at the Opéra Comique with the revival of an emblematic production (from December 12, 2019). Premiered in 2009, Messager’s Fortunio on a libretto by famous French writer Alfred de Musset was directed by Mr. Denis Podalydès from the Comédie Française. This was his first steps at the Opera and […]
