A new production is highly expected at the Oper Zurich. From April 7, 2019, Massenet’s other masterpiece Manon will be directed by Floris Visser and conducted by Marco Armiliato. But the most thrilling is certainly the cast with the great tenor Piotr Beczala who a great Werther as Des Grieux and an ideal as the […]
The Vienna Opera House, the famous Wiener Staatsoper, is soon having a huge event. On March 21, 2019, Richard Strauss’ Rosenkavalier will be performed for the thousandth time. The most Viennese of all operas in Otto Schenk’s timeless production is directed by Adam Fischer. Adrianne Pieczonka performs as die Marschallin, Peter Rose as Ochs, Stephanie […]
He has just triumphed in Toulouse with his production of Strausss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, director and great actor Michel Fau is back at the Paris’ Opera Comique.After the perfect production of Ciboulette, he is now directing Adolphe Adam’s Le Postillon de Lonjumeau from March 30, 2019. This opera-comic is an iconic opera particularly famous for […]
He is triumphing at the Paris National Opéra as Otello, the demanding role in Verdi’s masterpiece, Roberto Alagna will be back in Bastille to perform as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen, one of his leading roles. The beautiful gypsy will be embodied by the exceptional mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili. Then from April 23 to May 23, […]
Songs: On March 18, 2019, the great recitalist Anne Sofie Von Otter returns to Brussel’s La Monnaie where she joins Bengt Forsberg and Pekka Kuusisto, her longtime partners to perform classic songs from Haydn, Schubert, Sibelius Korngold, Vaughan Williams and more contemporary with Britten, Tippett and especially Rufus Wainwright.
Contemporary: On 21, 23 & 26 March 2019, the superb baritone Matthias Goerne performs The Wound-Dresser by famous American composer John Adams with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaap van Zweden. The great baritone and Liedersänger specialist performs a contemporary work created in 1989.
Happy Birthday! In 2019, the famous record company DECCA celebrates its 90th anniversary. On this special occasion, Lise Davidsen, the Norwegian soprano of the 2015 Operalia Contest laureate and revelation of the Festival d’Aix 2018 (in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos) will release a CD Wagner & Strauss with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. […]
Falstaff: Ambrogio Maestri, the famous Italian baritone known as the best Falstaff of his generation once again wears the clothes of Verdi’s hero from 22 February 2019 at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Robert Carsen’s production.
Royalty: On March 29, 30 and 31, 2019, at the Versailles Royal Opera, Marie-Antoinette will be danced by the ballet Thierry Malandain on Haydn’s Symphonies conducted by Melanie Levy-Thiébaut leading the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi.
Event: The Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence performs on 7 and 8 March 2019 the romantic opera masterpiece, Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz. Laurence Equilbey conducts her Insula Orchestra this production by Clément Debailleul and Raphaël Navarro for Compagnie 14:20 with Tuomas Katajala, Johanni van Oostrum, Chiara Skerath and Vladimir Baykov in the […]
