News

img

Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet at the Opéra Comique with Sabine Devieilhe

This is the hit of the end of Paris’ season. At the gorgeous Opéra Comique from 17 December 2018, Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet conducted by Louis Langrée has the best cast ever starring superlative bariton Stéphane Degout as Hamlet and soprano Sabine Devieilhe the new Ophélie and her debut as Shakespeare heroine! Few tickets are still […]

img

Bartoli/Vivaldi, the love story is still going on…

The sublime Roman diva is back on the concert roads to perform arias from Vivaldi, her beloved composer. The tour begins in November and for exemple at Brussels’ Palais des Beaux-Arts on 20 November, at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw on 23 or at Paris’ Philharmonie on 3 December…

img

The New York Metropolitan Opera performs Boito’s Mefistofele

After the Chorégies d’Orange and the Opéra de Lyon in France, now the New York Metropolitan Opera performs Boito’s Mefistofele (from 8 November 2018). The cast is composed by brilliant Michael Fabiano facing vilain Christian Van Horn and sweet Angela Meade as the Goethe heros. Robert Carsen’s production is conducted by Carlo Rizzi and Joseph […]

img

Alain Altinoglu at Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts on November 25

Not to be missed at Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts. On November 25, great conductor Alain Altinoglu conducts the Symphony Orchestra of La Monnaie-De Munt. The Artistic Director of the famous Brussels Opera conduts opera and symphonic concert as well. On Nov. 25, he conducts a symphonic concert with Beethoven’s Symphonies 1 & 3.

img

For health reason, Leo Nucci is replaced in Nabucco in France

This was supposed to be the most remakable event of the month in France. Bariton Leo Nucci as Nabucco distributed in a concert version of Verdi’s masterpiece Nabucco at Lyon’s Auditorium on 5 & 7 November, Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on 9 and Vichy Opéra on 11. For health reason, Nucci is to be replaced […]

img

The revival of the fabulous Ballet Vlaanderen performances in Antwerpen

Major event this week at the Antwerpen Opera with the revival of the fabulous Ballet Vlaanderen performances. From October 31 to November 10, 2018 (and 17 & 18 at the Charleroi’s Palais des Beaux-Arts) the spectacular choreographer Akram Khan presents his own version of Giselle, the ballet masterpiece. Not to be missed!

img

Opéra de Lyon pays tribute to great choreographer Merce Cunningham

From 9 to 11 November 2018, the Opéra de Lyon welcomes dance performances and pays tribute to great choreographer Merce Cunningham, as part of the 2019 celebration to Honor the 100th Anniversary of his birth. The Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon performs Summerspace and Exchange, two Cunningham’s masterpieces with the quintessence of style of this […]

img

Strauss’s Elektra returns at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano

A masterpiece of the opera and also a masterpiece production is performed at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Strauss’s Elektra directed by genious Patrice Chéreau returns from November 4 to 29, 2018 in the Temple of the Opera. Christoph von Dohnányi conduts the Orchestra of la Scala starring Waltraud Meier as the terrifying Klytämnestra.