The American pianist Kimball Gallagher will give a recital in Salle Gaveau on 12 June 2023, opening up new perceptions with a programme of classical music from Africa and Europe. Indeed, alongside works by Mozart and Chopin, original contemporary creations will be heard such as the compositions of Souhayl Guesmi, mixing piano, saxophone, nay (Tunisian […]
Today the dance world is paying its last respects to the great choreographer Pierre Lacotte. On 10 April, his wife Ghislaine Thesmar, danseuse étoile, announced the passing of the master of dance at the age of 91. Student at the Paris Opera School of Dance, then a dancer at the prestigious Paris Opera House, he […]
Only two dates in Milan that are already sold out, Jonas Kaufmann once again unleashes the crowds in an Italian opera. Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier will be performed at Teatro alla Scala from 3 to 27 May 2023 with Yusif Eyvazov and Jonas Kaufmann for only two dates. After Vienna and the missed appointment in […]
With the splendid fifth edition just completed, the Voix des Outre-mer competition is already inviting French talent to take part in the sixth edition. Registration is open until 15 May 2023. This lyrical competition is open to all talents from the French Overseas Territories, whether or not they have training, who are interested in discovering, […]
As dancer Cédric Andrieux prepares to take over the director of the Lyon Opera Ballet, the institution announced that it has been forced to cancel all performances of On purge Bébé! the last Philippe Boesmans opera, initially scheduled for 5 to 17 June 2023. Following a Board of Directors meeting on 12 April, decisions were […]
A little over 20 years ago, the opera world was in an uproar as Milan’s Scala was about to be completely renovated. A lot of ink was spilled, not forgetting the architect responsible, Mario Botta, who has just celebrated his 80th birthday. The protagonist of the structural transformation of La Scala has enabled the legendary […]
The La Maestra International Female Conductors’ Competition has brought to the fore young talents such as laureates Rebecca Tong and Anna Sułkowska-Migoń but also Stephanie Childress. While registrations for the third edition have just opened, the date is already announced. With a grand final at the Philharmonie de Paris, the competition will take place from […]
The Saint-Saëns centenary of 2021 continues to bear fruit. Postponed due to the pandemic, La Monnaie in Brussels is offering a new production of a rare gem with Henry VIII. The opera is one of its many little-known masterpieces and will benefit from the musical direction of Alain Altinoglu and the staging of Olivier Py […]
Few conductors like him have left an indelible mark, John Eliot Gardiner returns to Berlioz by conducting Les Troyens, the fresco opera by the great French composer. The Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are of course involved, as is tenor Michael Spyres who takes on the role of Aeneas. The event will […]
It seems that Iphigénie en Tauride, one of Gluck‘s great masterpieces, is enjoying a revival. After several fine productions, it is now the Opéra Comédie de Montpellier that is hosting the lyrical tragedy from 19 to 23 April 2023, directed by Rafael R. Villalobos. After the great success of Hamlet at the Opéra national de […]
