Great event at Sydney Opera House from June 29th to July 1st : fantastic pianist Martha Argerich is on stage with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1!

Ludovic Tézier will not torment Jonas Kaufmann, as the baryton no longer makes his role debut as Iago in Otello at Covent Garden from June 21th to July 10th. He is replaced by Marco Vratogna.

The Opéra Royal de Versailles is certainly the perfect set that suits the fantastic voice of Cecilia Bartoli who performs a recital of Italian arias (Vivaldi, Caldara, Scarlatti, Händel, Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Tosti, Donaudy, etc.) on June 12th 2017 !

After the news of the death of conductor Jirí Belohlávek, another great maestro has passed away: Jeffrey Tate died on June 2nd.

From tonight, Verdi’s Rigoletto performed at the Wiener Staatsoper is conducted for the first time in the house by Sascha Goetzel, starring Aida Garifullina as Gilda.

The title of the opera that opens the new season of il Teatro alla Scala de Milano on December 7th, as usual, has been revealed ! Giordano’s Andrea Chénier will be conducted by Riccardo Chailly starring Anna Netrebko !

Sad news, great czech conductor Jirí Belohlávek died on May 31st, aged 71.

An extra date (December 10th) has been added to the Bayerische Staatsoper’s huge 2017-2018 programme, incredible Jonas Kaufmann performs a French opera arias concert “O Paradis“ composed by Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Halévy, Bizet, Gounod and Massenet!

A huge amount of bookings has been made at the opening of tickets sales of the Opéra national de Paris new season, Verdi’s La Traviata starring Anna Netrebko and Don Carlos starring Jonas Kaufmann are already almost sold out as expected!

Great conductor Paavo Järvi has been named Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra from the 2019-2020 season !