Work in progress at Lincoln Center! The David Geffen Hall, which hosts the New York Philharmonic concerts, is about to be refurbished to transform the concert hall and all public spaces, enhancing the acoustic and concertgoing experience. The all will be closed on May to October 2022 and May 2023 to February 2024. The inauguration […]
The Opéra Comique launches its first crowdfunding campaign to the benefit of the Maîtrise Populaire. The Maitrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique offers a multidisciplinary training of excellence for pupils from different social origins and not necessarily musicians yet. It is open to young people from 8 to 25. Until January 14, 2020, you can donate […]
A revolution in Monte-Carlo ! on January 1st, 2023, the flamboyant artist Cecilia Bartoli takes the head of the Monte-Carlo Opera succeeding Jean-louis Grinda. She is the first woman to lead the Monte Carlo Opera! Photo : Cecilia Bartoli © DR
Further to the release of his new CD album, Jonas Kaufmann goes on a European tour from January 7 to February 1, 2020 with a program untitled Mein Wien. The great tenor superstar pays tribute to the delicious Viennese music and its most famous operettas. Alas for latecomers, most concerts are sold out. However, there […]
A great Mahler specialist visits Dresden on January 18 and 19, 2020. At Kulturpalast, Jonathan Nott conducts the Dresdner Philharmonie to perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Another reason to enjoy, the famous clarinetist Sabine Meyer joins the ensemble to perform Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto. Book your tickets on M&O. Photo : Jonathan Nott © […]
At 76, great Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons passed away this weekend. Great artist, he has been Principal Conductor of prestigious orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest and finally the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. This is a great loss for Classical Music.
The Staatsoper Hamburg (Hamburg’s Opera) preforms from March 8 to April 2, 2020 its Italian Opera Weeks Festival, the Italianische Opernwochen with six masterpieces such as Bellini’s Norma, Puccini’s Tosca and four Verdi’s brilliant works, Otello, Simon Boccanegra, Falstaff and a Messa da Requiem staged by Calixto Bieito. Many prestigious artists perform on stage such […]
The 2020 summer season of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has been announced. In the historical setting of the Baths of Caracalla, the Rome Opera performs five events with operas (Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Verdi’s Aida), Viennese operetta (Franz Lehár’s Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), a musical (Strictly Gershwin based on the music […]
The very latest edition of the Lucerne Piano Festival has just closed and received some 18,000 visitors. The Lucerne Festival is evolving and now offers two extended musical weekends in Fall and Spring with the major prestiguois festival in summer. The first weekend (April 1-4, 2020) is devoted to conductor Teodor Currentzis and his friends. […]
Two Platée or nothing! The irresistible Rameau’s heroine struts at the Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on December 2, 2019, performed by Anders J. Dahlin (in a concert version conducted by Alexis Kossenko). The apotheosis is expected at the end of the season at the Royal Opera of Versailles from June 26 to 30, 2020. Hervé […]
