One of the most talked about and talented French dancers has just been appointed Danseur Etoile of the Opéra national de Paris. After ten triumphant performances of Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, Aurélie Dupont and Alexander Neef took to the stage of the Opéra Bastille on Saturday 23 April 2022 to honour François Alu, Danseur étoile. […]
The New York Philharmonic, one of America’s greatest orchestras, still did not have a concert hall worthy of its status. Indeed, on the site of Lincoln Center, the current David Geffen Hall (formerly called Philharmonic Hall and then Avery Fisher Hall) was inaugurated in 1962 with acoustics that have never convinced music lovers. This October, […]
The Philharmonie de Paris, like all Western concert halls, has cancelled the visit of the pro-Putin Russian conductor Valery Gergiev. A prestigious replacement has been found for the performances on 16 and 17 May 2022 with Daniele Gatti who will conduct the Münchner Philharmoniker. A few programme changes have been made, including the cancellation of […]
Brussels is a little paradise for music lovers with two emblematic places, La Monnaie-De Munt and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, which is celebrating its centenary this year. On 4 April 1922, the construction of a brand new building bringing together all the arts under one roof was officially recorded. The house has been inaugurated on […]
The programme and organisation of the Verbier Festival has just undergone some upheaval following Valery Gergiev’s request to resign as musical director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. The opening of the 29th edition will be a concert redesigned in favour of a call for peace, solidarity and the inclusion of musicians of all nationalities. Italian […]
Tonight sees the premiere of a highly anticipated opera in Rome. Running from 22 to 31 March 2022 at the Teatro dell’Opera, the new production of Puccini’s Turandot is by Ai Weiwei. One of the most famous contemporary stage artists is making his directorial debut and says it will be his first and only experience. […]
In Marseille, the Théâtre des Calanques, located in the heart of nature, is programming a new creation from 18 March to 2 April 2022. Les Mariés de l’Apocalypse on a text by Marion Coutris set to music by Marco Quesada is a theatre opera directed by Serge Noyelle, a variation on the tragedy of a […]
It was to be one of the highlights of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s season, but in agreement with director Romeo Castellucci, the performances of Bach’s Matthäus-Passion scheduled for 10-13 April have been postponed until 2024. Due to the continuing pandemic, the project for the production directed by James Conlon could not be completed. From […]
The prestigious Baden-Baden Easter Festival is forced to change its line-up with the announcement of a reorganisation. It has been agreed with the interested party that Anna Netrebko will not perform with the Berliner Philharmoniker on 13 April 2022. Kirill Peternko is considering a new programme. Perhaps most sadly, while she was the other star […]
The Dresdner Musikfestspiele, which will be held from 11 May to 10 June 2022, has the theme of enchantment this season. Jan Vogler, the artistic director since 2008, has programmed numerous events that are sure to enchant music lovers and festival-goers in the beautiful city of Dresden. However, the performances of Mozart’s masterpiece Die Zauberflöte […]
