After the fantastic performances of Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots at the Opéra national de Paris, soprano Lisette Oropesa is jumping to another new role as Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore at Opéra Bastille, from October 25. In the hit production by Laurent Pelly, she performs with tenor Vittorio Grigòlo as Nemorino. After her huge success as […]
On 20 october 2018, the Aix-en-Provence’s Grand Théâtre de Provence opens his symphonic season with Boris Berezovsky and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Poga to perform Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Tchaïkovski’s Pathetic.
In November at Brussels’ Palais des Beaux-Arts it’s Christmas before Christmas. Superstars are visiting like conductor Valery Gergiev (on 18) to perform Stravinsky and Tchaïkovsky. Two days later, (on 20), La Bartoli, the fantastic Cecila Bartoli performs aria by her dear Vivaldi. The day after, great pianist Arcadi Volodos performs Schubert, Rachmaninov and Scriabin. And […]
To celebrate great American Composer Leonard Bernstein’ 100th birthday, the Komische Oper Berlin is programming a Bernstein Festival 100 with a new production of Candide from 24 November.
Stéphane Lissner with the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris present a brand new Festival at Evian’s Grange au Lac. The Voix d’Automne offres from 26 to 29 Octber a brilliant serie of song recital starring tenor Cyrille Dubois (who will perform as Iopas in Berlioz’s Les Troyens at the Opéra Bastille from 25 January […]
He is back ! Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Met to perform as Dick Johnson in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West with Eva-Maria Westbroek as Minnie, on October 17, 20, 23 & 27.
They have been infected with the norovirus but they promised to be back to perform at Baden-Baden’s Festspielhaus. Time is now coming, they are back on November 29, 2018, 8pm. Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov perform a Verdi Gala also starring Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) and Elchin Azizov (bass) wuth the Philharmonie Baden-Baden conducted by Michelangelo […]
Congratulations to Turkish mezzo Ezgi Karakaya, who won easily the 9th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul. Renato Bruson, President of the international jury gave the second price to German Mezzo-soprano Anna Doris Capitelli and the third price to Polish tenor Piotr Buszewski. Turkish Baritone Faik Mansuroğlu and Turkish Bass-Baritone Doğukan Özkan are distiguished also. […]
The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin goes baroque on October 3 at the Berlin Philharmonie where pionneer conductor Ton Koopman conducts works by Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach starring great cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.
A new star is born at the Opéra national de Paris, Lisette Oropesa is brilliant as Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots at the ‘Opéra Bastille ! Her first French interview here.
