On the weekend of 6, 7 and 8 May 2022, the conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, patron of the 15th edition, will take us to “Tous à l’opéra”. 29 French opera houses are playing the game this season by opening their doors to the public free of charge. The theme “Spotlight on the workshops: from instrument making […]
From 2 to 12 March 2022, the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet in Paris will be ablaze with Monteverdi’s Il Nerone. The new production of Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea by Alain Françon takes this title in reference to the first time the work was given in Paris in 1647. The young artists in residence of the Académie […]
From 20 March to 3 April 2022, the Deutsche Oper Berlin is perfroming a rare yet well-known Verdi opera. Les Vêpres Siciliennes was the first commission for Verdi by the Paris Opera, using a libretto by the leading author of the time, Eugène Scribe. After the success of Meyerbeer’s Prophète, another Grand Opéra Français, the […]
With the Collegium 1704 conducted by Vaclav Luks, the new production of Handel’s Alcina, recently staged by Jiri Herman at the National Theatre in Brno, will make a stopover in Caen and the Royal Opera of Versailles. On 10, 12 and 13 March 2022, Karina Gauvin will be back in the magical role of Alcina, […]
While her very first solo recording (of Rachmaninov’s songs with pianist Lukas Geniušas) is to be released on 25 March 2022, Asmik Grigorian already has numerous recording projects with the Alpha Classics label, such as Shostakovich’s 14th with Matthias Goerne and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, both works with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted […]
On Saturday 19, Sunday 20 and Monday 21 February 2022, lovers of Bach’s music will be in Paris in the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez of the Philharmonie for one of three concerts. Raphaël Pichon and the Pygmalion ensemble performs three oratorios devoted to the great Christian festivals (Christmas, Easter, Ascension) completed by the St John […]
Due to a surgical operation, Maestro Daniel Barenboim is forced to suspend his activities in the coming weeks. As a first consequence, the concert scheduled for Tuesday 8 February 2022 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan has been postponed to Monday 13 June 2022. All music lovers wish him a speedy recovery! More […]
While his recording of the Goldberg Variations is due to be released on 11 February 2022, Jean Rondeau will be performing Bach’s masterpiece in the prestigious Salle Henry Le Boeuf at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels on 12 February 2022. In the press kit he says: « I think I will work on the […]
From 2 May to 12 May 2022, the Lyon Opera will host the new world premiere of an opera by Thierry Escaich. After Claude on a libretto by Robert Badinter in 2013, the composer has called on Atiq Rahimi to adapt the magnificent poem Khosrow and Shirine by the 12th century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. […]
The Venice Carnival is approaching with events scheduled throughout the city and also at the famous Teatro La Fenice, which presents Le Baruffe, the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s new opera. The La Fenice commission, which runs from 22 February to 4 March 2022, will be directed by the Venetian director Damiano Michieletto, who also […]
