Rarely has an opera production been so highly praised by critics and embraced by the public. Co-produced by the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, and the Opéra national de Paris, Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, directed by Deborah Warner, is scheduled for five exceptional performances at the Teatro […]
La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi was born at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice. Like the famous phoenix that gives the theater its name, the opera house has burned down several times, the most recent in 1996. For the reopening of the restored venue, “Dov’era, com’era” (“as it was and where it was“), it was only fitting […]
On November 16, 2024, the Chapelle Royale of Versailles will host the dynamic ensemble Il Caravaggio and its conductor Camille Delaforge, as they explore the origins of Mozart. The work on the program, Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots (The Obligation of the First Commandment), is in fact Mozart’s first sacred opera. Rarely performed, this early […]
Otello, one of Giuseppe Verdi‘s ultimate masterpiece and an opera of his later years, is back on stage at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, which is pulling out all the stops to welcome its Shakespearean hero. The Moor of Venice will be performed from November 20 to December 1, 2024, by the incandescent tenor Francesco Meli, […]
She made a sensation at the 2023 Aix Festival (once again!), Marianne Crebassa is returning to the defining role in Picture a Day Like This, in Paris from October 25 to 31, 2024. George Benjamin‘s opera is being revived at the Opéra-Comique after the critical success it garnered during its Aix premiere. In this new […]
After the disheartening revelations that naturally led to the withdrawal of their principal leader, the brilliant ensemble Les Siècles, in residence at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées since 2022, is bouncing back by announcing the names of seven replacements. Jakob Lehmann, Ustina Dubitsky, Franck Ollu, Pierre Bleuse, and Simon Proust will conduct the various scheduled events […]
The next spectators seated in one of the chairs at La Scala in Milan, the temple of opera, will undoubtedly notice a significant change. The seatbacks have been upgraded to provide subtitles, no longer in just two languages but now in five! Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish are now available, allowing music lovers to […]
From November 19 to 30, 2024, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Munich, and Vienna will welcome Venezuelan maestro Rafael Payare for a grand celebration! The new Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra will embark on a European tour to celebrate the orchestra’s 90th anniversary, founded exactly on November 16, 1934. Payare, who follows […]
Carlo Vistoli, one of the few Italian countertenors, has just been recognized by the San Francisco Opera by winning the 2024 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition. After recently winning the “Abbiati” Prize from the Italian music critics, this is another accolade for Vistoli, who made his San Francisco debut in the […]
Having just founded a new orchestra, Utopia, with the goal of allowing musicians to dedicate themselves to preparatory and research work while continuing to hone their musical mastery in order to achieve visionary artistic goals, conductor Teodor Currentzis is launching his own record label. Named Thêta, after the Greek letter, as a tribute to the […]
