The Richard-Strauss-Tage (Richard Strauss Days Festival) will be held in Dresden from 2 to 16 April 2023, in the hall where many of his creations were performed, the Semperoper. Concerts and operas are on the programme, but Christian Thielemann, the Staatskapelle’s principal conductor, will not be attending for health reasons. Der Rosenkavalier is now conducted […]
Lars Von Trier’s movie made a lasting impression on the Cannes Film Festival in 1996 and then on audiences around the world. Breaking the Waves has since become an opera with music by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by Royce Vavrek. Premiered in September 2016 at Opera Philadelphia, the production received the 2017 International Opera […]
As the 2023-2024 season of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris has just been unveiled, the Italian countertenor Carlo Vistoli seems to be taking the lion’s share of the spotlight by interpreting three emblematic roles of the great Baroque repertoire. In May 2023, he will be Orlando in Antonio Vivaldi’s Orlando furioso (with Jean-Christophe Spinosi […]
After Natalie Dessay, Stéphane Degout, Karine Deshayes or Anne-Catherine Gillet, who will be the new winner of Voix Nouvelles 2023? The competition is entering its final phase with the semi-finals to be held at the Opéra de Massy on 28 and 29 June 2023. With the sponsorship of Agnès Jaoui, the grand national final will […]
While she is a great success every night at the Opéra Bastille as Ophelia (alongside Ludovic Tézier’s Hamlet until 30 March 2023), while she completed a half-marathon last week at the Stade de France and while she has just been named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Lisette Oropesa is continuing her beautiful […]
The director Ted Huffman is flying from success to success. After his acclaimed Monteverdi in Aix-en-Provence last summer, his new production is eagerly awaited at the Oper Zürich, especially as it is a Shakespearean drama. From 10 April to 18 May 2023, Charles Gounod‘s masterpiece Romeo and Juliet will be conducted by Roberto Forés Veses […]
On Monday 17 April 2023, the Halle aux Grains in Toulouse will host a recital by a great lady of the piano. Maria João Pires was only 4 years old when she gave her first concert. Since then, she has lit up the great stages of the world, performing with the greatest. After deciding to […]
The talented conductor Omer Meir Wellber has been appointed as General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and its orchestra, the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. He succeeds Kent Nagano and will take up his new post from autumn 2025 while retaining his position as Music Director of the Volksoper Wien in Austria until the end […]
The Teatro alla Scala is performing for the second time at the Chorégies d’Orange. After a major concert with Maestro Riccardo Chailly last season, it is now the turn of the ballet company, directed since 2020 by Manuel Legris, to perform on the vast stage of the impressive ancient theatre. On 15 July 2023, La […]
Joyce DiDonato was due to take on the role of Carmen in Strasbourg, but will not be taking part in the production. Elena Maximova is replacing her. Other Carmens are expected in France in the near future, such as Marie-Nicole Lemieux at the Chorégies d’Orange or, closer, the flamboyant Gaëlle Arquez, who will be on […]
