Serious challenger of the Salzburg Festival, the prestigious Lucerne Festival will be held from August 13 to September 20, 2020 with a central theme, “Joy”. This season, Rebecca Saunders is the composer-in-residence and the brilliant Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, the first female conductor artist to be named “Artiste étoile.” BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE. Bernard Haitink, Lucerne Festival […]
At Christmas, the 18 Baden-Baden give great gifts to his audience by programming the hits of the ballet from 21 to 27 December 2019. The prestigious Mariinsky ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker. The third title programmed is the sparkling “Jewels” by George Balanchine. Photo : © Maria-Khoreva, MashaKimin, Kim-Prince in […]
This is one of the major events of the Paris Opera season, but Borodin’s Prince Igor, staged by Barrie Kosky, is having a new monarch. In the title role, suffering bass Evgeny Nikitin withdraw from the production. Good news, Ildar Abdrazakov replaces. Long live the king (and the Prince)! BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE. Photo : […]
One of the major events of the Metropolitan Opera 2019-2020 season is the beautiful Robert Carsen’s production of Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier revival performed from December 13, 2019 to January 4, 2020. The cast is brilliant with Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Golda Schultz and Günther Groissböck but something has a particular flavour and brings joy […]
The brilliant counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky will be in the headlines in December 2019 with the release (on December 4), of a book of interviews (realised by our colleague Vincent Agrech) entitled « Seule compte la musique ». (“Only music matters”). The artist evokes both his career and the place of music in society in a […]
Divine and rare soprano Anja Harteros has been honored by the Bayerische Staatsoper who gave her the “Meistersinger-Medaille” in tribute to the work accomplished and to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of her debut in the prestigious hall. Congratulations ! Photo : Anja Harteros © Markus Tedeskino
Ludovic Tézier, one of the greatest baritones of his generation (or shall we say « the best! »), performs at the Vienna State Opera from November 25th to December 4th, 2019 as the glamourous noble man vilain, Mozart’s Don Giovanni staged by Jean-Louis Martinoty. Unexpectedly, M&O has not one thousand and three but the last […]
The motto of the prestigious Dresdner Musikfestspiele, the Dresden Music Festival 2020 is « Inspiration Nature ». From May 12 to June 12, 2020, 63 concerts are performed in the most iconic venues of Dresde. This season, great orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Münchner Philharmoniker but also the BBC Orchestras […]
This 2019-2020 season, the brilliant ensemble Vox Luminis and his chef Lionel Meunier are the privileged guests of the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. On November 21, 2019, they perform Bach’s ultimate masterpiece, the Mass B Minor, BWV 232, 270 years after its premiere in Vienna on November 22, 1749 ! Book your tickets HERE […]
Britten’s masterpiece, Peter Grimes, is performed at the London’s Royal Festival Hall on November 30, 2019. Vera Rostin Wexelsen directs a semi-staged version of the opera where tenor Stuart Skelton performs as the tormented hero. Erin Wall, Roderick Williams and Susan Bickley complete the cast as Ellen Orford, Captain Balstrode and Auntie. The Bergen Philharmonic […]
