On December 31, 2019 in the summer heat, the snow will fall on the stage of the Sydney Opera House with Puccini’s La Bohème directed by Gale Edwards and starring Karah Son, Valeria Sepe, Kang Wang, JI Min Park alternating as the moving Mimì and Rodolfo. A moment out of time also in January 2020 […]
The 2019 Long Thibaud Crespin Piano Competition, starring Martha Argerich as President of the Jury and Bertrand Chamayou, honoured Japan by awarding Kenji Miura, first prize and Keigo Mukawa, second prize. The third prize goes to Zhora Sargsyan from Armenia. Jean-Baptiste Doulcet, Alexandra Stychkina and Clément Lefebvre received also an award. Congratulations to the happy […]
Great female artists at the Philharmonie de Paris, on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 December 2019. The Orchestre de Paris will be directed by renowned American conductor Marin Alsop in a Adams (The Chairman Dances), Dvorák (Symphony No. 7) and Poulenc program. The Concerto for Two Pianos will be performed by the famous pianists sisters […]
More than twenty years after the historical recording of Haendel’s Ariodante, Marc Minkowski and Les Musicians du Louvre are performing again the masterpiece in a concert version of the famous opera. The cast is renewed but still brilliant with Marianne Crebassa in the title role alongside Ana Maria Labin, Yuriy Mynenko or Caroline Jestaedt. The […]
Excellent news for the music lovers who already had the opportunity to appreciate his talent, Cristian Macelaru has just been appointed Music Director of the Orchestre National de France. He will step in on 1 September 2021 for a four years period, renewable. The 39-year-old Romanian conductor is the current music director of the WDR […]
The celebrations of Jacques Offenbach 200th anniversary come to an end with a new production sang in German of Le Roi Carotte performed at the Volksoper of Vienna. König Karotte (King carrot) directed by Matthias Davids is premiered on November 27, 2019. Book your tickets HERE. Photo : Sung-Keun Park (König Karotte), Komparserie in König […]
Serious challenger of the Salzburg Festival, the prestigious Lucerne Festival will be held from August 13 to September 20, 2020 with a central theme, “Joy”. This season, Rebecca Saunders is the composer-in-residence and the brilliant Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, the first female conductor artist to be named “Artiste étoile.” BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE. Bernard Haitink, Lucerne Festival […]
At Christmas, the 18 Baden-Baden give great gifts to his audience by programming the hits of the ballet from 21 to 27 December 2019. The prestigious Mariinsky ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker. The third title programmed is the sparkling “Jewels” by George Balanchine. Photo : © Maria-Khoreva, MashaKimin, Kim-Prince in […]
This is one of the major events of the Paris Opera season, but Borodin’s Prince Igor, staged by Barrie Kosky, is having a new monarch. In the title role, suffering bass Evgeny Nikitin withdraw from the production. Good news, Ildar Abdrazakov replaces. Long live the king (and the Prince)! BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE. Photo : […]
One of the major events of the Metropolitan Opera 2019-2020 season is the beautiful Robert Carsen’s production of Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier revival performed from December 13, 2019 to January 4, 2020. The cast is brilliant with Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Golda Schultz and Günther Groissböck but something has a particular flavour and brings joy […]
