Soprano Asmik Grigorian, the Salzburg and Edinburgh Festival sensation this summer performs at Oper Frankfurt as Manon Lescaut, from October 6th, 2019. Puccini’s masterpiece is conducted by Lorenzo Viotti and stars also american tenor Joshua Guerrero as Chevalier Renato Des Grieux. Photo : Operos solistė Asmik Grigorian. / Irmanto Gelūno/ŽMONĖS foto nuotr.
From 10 to 13 October 2019, at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, one of the most beautiful theatre in the world, Grétry’s masterpiece opera Richard Cœur-de-Lion is back on stage directed by Marshall Pynkoski and conducted by Hervé Niquet. Since 1789, the eighteenth century French comic opera, one of the most popular in Europe at […]
Excellent news for the Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing. After the death of the late Jean-Claude Malgoire, the famous institution in the North of France was expecting for his new general and artistic director. The appointment of great conductor François-Xavier Roth is an excellent choice and a great opportunity for the world of classical music. […]
20The last weekend of the fabulous Royaumont Festival (September 7 to October 6, 2019) is dedicated to the voice with a Night of Melody and Lied on Saturday, October 5, 2019. In the Réfectoire des convers welcomes, the four piano-singing duets laureates of the Orsay-Royaumont Academy will perform Schubert, Ravel, Duparc or Poulenc. An ideal […]
Baroque French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is the focus of two major events on September 27th and 29th, 2019. At Royaumont Festival on Sunday the 29th, Alexis Kossenko conducts the orchestra Les Ambassadeurs to perform Platée, the most popular piece of the Baroque composer, starring Anders Dahlin, Chantal Santon-Jeffery and Thomas Dolié. On Friday 27th will […]
A world premiere opens the new 19/20 season of the Royal Theater of La Monnaie in Brussels, on September 20, 2019. Macbeth Underworld by Pascal Dusapin is directed by Thomas Jolly and conducted by Alain Altinoglu with a brilliant cast. Georg Nigl performs as Shakespeare hero Macbeth and Magdalena Kožená and Sophie Marilley share the […]
Akram Khan’s choreography of Giselle is overwhelming. With this spectaculor event, the English National Ballet is invited to open the dance season 19/20 of Madrid’s Teatro Real from October 10, 2019. The English company is also invited to perform Giselle at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu from of April 22, 2020 before Les Etés de […]
Two major events open the new season of the New York Philharmonic. On September 18–21, 2019, Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts the wolrd premiere of Philip Glass’s King Lear Ouverture, commissioned by the NY Phil. And on September 26–28, 2019, van Zweden conducts the US Stage Premiere of director, set and lighting designer Bengt […]
Conducting the Dresden Philharmonie, Krzysztof Urbański perfoms with two great international cellists at the Dresden Kulturpalast in October 2019. Cellist Truls Mørk performs famous Dvořák’s concerto on October 3 and 6. Cellist Jan Vogler joins the list of prestigous guests for the 50th anniversary Gala of Kulturpalast Opening, on October 5th.
After the Chorégies d’Orange this summer, a fresh Swiss air is now blowing at the Opéra de Lyon which presents Rossini’s Guillaume Tell for the opening of the 2019/20 season. German artist Tobias Kratzer directs this new production. After Orange, the perfect baritone Nicola Alaimo once again perform as Guillaume with Jane Archibald, John Osborn, […]
