TRIP IN SALZBURG FROM FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2020 TO MONDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2020 Crossed by the river Salzach or “salt river” which gave it its name, Salzburg was originally destined to become the Northern Rome. The city is renowned for its music, its charming historical town centre and its lakes region. The Hohensalzburg fortress offers […]
Omer Meir Wellber, the newly appointed Musical Director of iconic Palermo’s Teatro Massimo opens his 2020 season with Wagner’s Parsifal (from 26 January to 2 February, 2020). The masterpiece completed in Palermo by Wagner is staged by renowned director Graham Vick. Dutch soprano star Eva-Maria Westbroek is making her big Italian comeback as Kundry. […]
Great event at Toulouse’s La Halle aux Grains on Thursday, February 6, 2020, two living legends of classical music meet. The great pianist Martha Argerich and the famous cellist Mischa Maisky perform a Brahms, Schumann and Shostakovich program. Tickets should be booked without delay on Music&Opera ! Photo: Martha Argerich © Progetto Martha […]
On December 31, 2019 in the summer heat, the snow will fall on the stage of the Sydney Opera House with Puccini’s La Bohème directed by Gale Edwards and starring Karah Son, Valeria Sepe, Kang Wang, JI Min Park alternating as the moving Mimì and Rodolfo. A moment out of time also in January 2020 […]
All those visitors who have had the chance to stay in Malta return astonished by so many beauties. The island holds many surprises for art and culture lovers with the chance to explore palaces, churches and exceptional archaeological sites such as Teatru Manoel, one of the oldest in Europe. Every season, the Festival de Musique Baroque […]
The 2019 Long Thibaud Crespin Piano Competition, starring Martha Argerich as President of the Jury and Bertrand Chamayou, honoured Japan by awarding Kenji Miura, first prize and Keigo Mukawa, second prize. The third prize goes to Zhora Sargsyan from Armenia. Jean-Baptiste Doulcet, Alexandra Stychkina and Clément Lefebvre received also an award. Congratulations to the happy […]
Great female artists at the Philharmonie de Paris, on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 December 2019. The Orchestre de Paris will be directed by renowned American conductor Marin Alsop in a Adams (The Chairman Dances), Dvorák (Symphony No. 7) and Poulenc program. The Concerto for Two Pianos will be performed by the famous pianists sisters […]
More than twenty years after the historical recording of Haendel’s Ariodante, Marc Minkowski and Les Musicians du Louvre are performing again the masterpiece in a concert version of the famous opera. The cast is renewed but still brilliant with Marianne Crebassa in the title role alongside Ana Maria Labin, Yuriy Mynenko or Caroline Jestaedt. The […]
Excellent news for the music lovers who already had the opportunity to appreciate his talent, Cristian Macelaru has just been appointed Music Director of the Orchestre National de France. He will step in on 1 September 2021 for a four years period, renewable. The 39-year-old Romanian conductor is the current music director of the WDR […]
The celebrations of Jacques Offenbach 200th anniversary come to an end with a new production sang in German of Le Roi Carotte performed at the Volksoper of Vienna. König Karotte (King carrot) directed by Matthias Davids is premiered on November 27, 2019. Book your tickets HERE. Photo : Sung-Keun Park (König Karotte), Komparserie in König […]
