Falstaff: Ambrogio Maestri, the famous Italian baritone known as the best Falstaff of his generation once again wears the clothes of Verdi’s hero from 22 February 2019 at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Robert Carsen’s production.

Royalty: On March 29, 30 and 31, 2019, at the Versailles Royal Opera, Marie-Antoinette will be danced by the ballet Thierry Malandain on Haydn’s Symphonies conducted by Melanie Levy-Thiébaut leading the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi.

Event: The Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence performs on 7 and 8 March 2019 the romantic opera masterpiece, Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz. Laurence Equilbey conducts her Insula Orchestra this production by Clément Debailleul and Raphaël Navarro for Compagnie 14:20 with Tuomas Katajala, Johanni van Oostrum, Chiara Skerath and Vladimir Baykov in the […]

Berlin: On 22 and 24 February 2019, Vladimir Jurowski Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 2017 conducts two concerts at the Konzerthaus in Berlin around Richard Strauss’ Alpensinfonie. In addition to the program, on February 22, perfect pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, and on February 24, Akiko Suwanai, the […]

Cancellation: After the Paris production of Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Bryan Hymel has withdrawn from upcoming performances as the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto at the New York Metropolitan Opera, due to personal reasons. Francesco Demuro, Matthew Polenzani and Stephen Costello replace.

Lovers: After Verdi’s Attila, the great Italian conductor and current Music Director of the Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly continues the exploration of the national repertoire with Puccini’s rare masterpiece. Manon Lescaut in David Pountney’s production is performed at the temple of opera from March 31 to April 27, 2019 with the great voice […]

Confirmation: The Madrid’s Teatro Real is acting for the Francesco Cavalli renaissance by performing one of his masterpieces from March 17 to 26, 2019. La Calisto was “rediscovered” in 1970 at the Glyndebourne Festival thanks to Raymond Leppard and a great distribution (Ileana Cotrubas, Janet Baker or James Bowman). It is, however, the 1993 production […]

Role Debut: She talked about it in her 2016 interview, Sabine Devieilhe is Sophie finally ! Her debut in Strauss masterpiece Der Rosenkavalier, will be at Oper Zurich, from February 15 to March 3, 2019. Also starring, Krassimira Stoyanova, Anna Stéphany and Christof Fischesser share the main roles in the Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s production conducted by […]

Double Laureate: Great conductor Andris Nelsons and his orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, have been twice awarded by the US Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album and Best Orchestra Performance with Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 4 and 11. The CD published by Deutsche Grammophon in July 2018 has been recorded life during the September-October 2017 and […]

The end of the summer is coming nicely to Sydney where the famous Sydney Opera House goes outdoor. From March 22nd to April 21st, 1919, on the banks of the Mrs Macquaries Point, the audience is invited to attend the performances of Bernstein’s West Side Story. Greta director Francesca Zambello conducts the new production with […]