The flamboyant and committed violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja is very much involved in changing attitudes. The Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy (14 July to 2 September 2023), whose theme for the 2023 season is “Humility”, has asked her to be the spokesperson for a “Change” cycle from 2023 to 2025, inspired by the words of Yehudi […]
Music & Opera Magazine – Special Festival is out! In this issue, the programmes of 203 Festivals in 27 countries and as many ideas to find the paths of summer and autumn in classical music! The big institutions as well as the smaller but no less interesting ones can be found in the pages to […]
For eleven seasons now, Christian Spuck has presided over the destiny of Ballett Zürich as director and chief choreographer. After shaping Switzerland’s largest company, he is now leaving to become artistic director of the Staatsballett Berlin. For his farewell to the Ballett Zürich, several events are being organised at the Opernhaus, such as the recording […]
Not a single concert without a woman composer on the programme! The new 2023/2024 season of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is distinguished by its commitment to artists who have been left in the shadows for too long. Robin Ticciati, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the renowned Berlin orchestra, will program at least one work […]
The news would almost have gone unnoticed, but on 23 April 2023, after an acclaimed performance of Lohengrin in which she performed as Ortrud, the great Wagnerian soprano Nina Stemme was made an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera, a title that crowns an exemplary career… Your tickets for Nina Stemme’s performances […]
Breaking the waves, Lars von Trier’s film Grand Prix at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, will not be screened at the Salle Favart in Paris on 28, 30 and 31 May 2023, but will be performed in its operatic version. The multi-awarded work by female composer Missy Mazzoli was premiered at the Philadelphia Opera in […]
Dialogues des Carmélites becomes a permanent fixture in the repertoire of major opera houses. Two new productions are expected in Vienna and Liège. Francis Poulenc‘s great masterpiece, which was last performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1964, returns from 21 May 2023, this time with a new production by Magdalena Fuchsberger in which Sabine […]
The announced event will take place this summer with the Verona Arena Festival celebrating its 100th anniversary, from 16 June to 9 September 2023, with large-scale productions and ad hoc casts. All the stars of the international opera scene are invited to celebrate the occasion. Among them are the star dancer Roberto Bolle, Jonas Kaufmann […]
A major premiere at the Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse, which, from 23 to 30 May 2023, is bringing a great masterpiece by Britten into its repertoire. The Rape of Lucretia, a pocket opera created in 1946 at the Glyndebourne Festival, is a poignant work that will be directed by Anne Delbée and conducted […]
La Bohème is Puccini‘s great masterpiece and also one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. With Mimí’s story bringing tears to many eyes, it is not surprising that the calendars of the great opera capitals have crossed, as in Paris, where two productions are expected at the end of the season. Aboard […]
