Following the success of the first edition, La Maestra International Competition for Women Conductors is back from 3 to 6 March 2022 at the Philharmonie de Paris. The jury for this second edition will be chaired by Deborah Borda, General Director of the New York Philharmonic. At the end of the competition, 3 conductors will […]
For more than 20 years now, the Opernhaus Zürich has had its own baroque orchestra under the leadership of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The Orchestra La Scintilla is made up of the permanent members of the Zurich Opera House’s main symphony orchestra who play on historical instruments. Surprisingly, no conductor has been assigned as artistic director until […]
While La Monnaie has been forced to cancel the performances of Bizet’s Carmen, the famous Brussels institution will reopen its doors in March 2022 with the new production of Puccini’s Il trittico. Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, the three operas that make up this triptych will be conducted by Alain Altinoglu and directed […]
A genre that is too little known in the world between comic opera and singspiel, zarzuela is full of masterpieces with sources that date back to the Baroque era. Quite naturally, the Salle Favart, the temple of comic opera, will host the production of Coronis composed by Sebastián Durón around 1705 from 14 to 17 […]
14 February is indeed the celebration of lovers, which will be celebrated in music and in style at the Philharmonie de Paris. In the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna, a couple on stage as well as in private life, will sing arias and duets from operas by Puccini, Ponchielli, Verdi, Charpentier, […]
The brilliant conductor Speranza Scappucci did not wish to renew her mandate as musical director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège. The institution has just announced the appointment of Maestro Giampaolo Bisanti. Originally from Milan, the Italian conductor admits to a predilection for the French repertoire and Italian opera, from Rossini to verismo. More […]
With Massenet’s Thaïs from 10 February to 2 March 2022, directed by Olivier Py, La Scala in Milan had one of the most beautiful cast of the season. Alas, three times alas! the immense baritone Ludovic Tézier must give up performing as Athanaël, a victim of the Covid like an impressive number of artists in […]
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great German composer Anton Bruckner, conductor and organist Hansjörg Albrecht announces the release of a ten-disc boxed set of the symphonies transcribed for organ. They will be recorded on various spectacular organs in Europe such as London, Vienna, Lucerne and Paris, where in […]
On March 12, 2022, Jonas Kaufmann will be reunited with conductor Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Parco della Musica for a concert version that promises to be equally miraculous. In Turandot, Puccini’s masterpiece, the superstar tenor is joined by the no less exceptional voices of Sondra […]
As a major cultural tourism destination and a Capital for classical music, Budapest is getting its opera house back. After several seasons of renovation, the Magyar Állami Operaház reopens on 12 March 2022 with a rare Hungarian opera Erkel’s Hunyadi László that is already sold out. However, there are still a few seats left for […]
