The famous Spanish opera house, just reopened on July 1, 2020, has received the seal of the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification, which guarantees that the plans drawn up by the theater guarantee the safe return of the public. Photo : Teatro Real Madrid © Javier de el Real
Paris’ gem, the Palais Garnier welcomes visitors but not only. The legendery Opera House will host a concert on July 13 and 14, 2020. As a tribute to the medical staff and those who fight the virus, the Orchestra and the Choirs of the Paris National Opera will perform works by Mozart, Fauré and Dukas […]
Cristian Macelaru’s contract as principal conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester has been extended till the end of the 2024-2025 season. Macelaru, Solti Conducting Award laureate, is also expected in Paris from September 1st, 2021, to lead the Orchestre National de France as the new music director. Photo : Cristian Macelaru © Thomas Brill
Ennio Morricone, the most famous composer of film music, has just passed away at the age of 91. His name remains associated with film director Sergio Leone but he composed also for many movie directors such as Brian de Palma, John Huston, Bernardo Bertolucci or Quentin Tarantino. Morricone lived in Rome and composed so many […]
The Vienna Volksoper will soon reopen by welcoming its public with a reduced capacity to 65% of the seats, for the moment. On September 13, 2020, the musical Sweet Charity (immortalized on Broadway by the couple Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon) is the first on the 2020/21 season list of ten new productions. In September, revivals […]
The Teatro Real in Madrid welcomes his public again since July 1, 2020. 27 performances of Verdi’s La Traviata are scheduled for a limited number of music lovers with strict health and safety measures imposed by the pandemic. Despite all these precautions, Violetta will die on stage, every night in a cough! Photo : […]
Even if New York City has started a gradual deconfinement since June 8, 2020, caution remains the thing to do. The American Ballet Theater has just canceled its fall season while Carnegie Hall, the legendary concert hall has announced that it will only open its doors on January 7, 2021. In the same spirit, the […]
The new musical director of the Orchestre de Paris is twice in the News. It was the suspense of the Parisian season. Finally, the name has been revealed and it’s a nice surprise. Klaus Mäkelä was born in Helsinski in 1996. He therefore became the youngest music director ever appointed and also the eighth. According […]
It was to be a highlight of the Paris season. As part of the Étés de la Danse at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Christopher Wheeldon was supposed to present his own version of Cinderella, danced by the Dutch National Ballet, and Paris was to finally discover the breathtaking Giselle, revisited by choreographer Akram Khan for […]
On his website, the famous company Opera Australia offers recent opera productions (Puccini’s Turandot & Madama Butterfly, Verdi’s Aida & La Traviata, …) but also some gems starring the great Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland such as Delibe’s Lakmé, Donizetti’z Lucrezia Borgia, Lehár’s The Merry Widow with Marilyn Horne and a historic gala concert at […]
