The Saint-Saëns centenary of 2021 continues to bear fruit. Postponed due to the pandemic, La Monnaie in Brussels is offering a new production of a rare gem with Henry VIII. The opera is one of its many little-known masterpieces and will benefit from the musical direction of Alain Altinoglu and the staging of Olivier Py […]
The Colmar International Festival is undergoing a revolution. Directed for more than thirty years by the Russian conductor Vladimir Spivakov, the Alsatian institution has just named its new artistic director. From conductor to artistic director, Alain Altinoglu is wearing a new hat. The artist in place at the Monnaie de Bruxelles and the Hr-Sinfonieorchester will […]
Major Event in Brussels: After Hamlet, Les Huguenots, Dialogues des Carmelites and Lohengrin, Olivier Py is back to direct Amilcare Ponchielli’s masterpiece, La Gioconda. La Monnaie-De Munt once again welcomes the genius of theater and conductor Paolo Carignani, from January 29 to February 12, 2019.
The Brussels’ Palais des Beaux-Arts and the Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie are taking a step ahead on Beethoven’s 250th anniversary celebrations (the German iconic composer is born on December 17, 1770). On January 6, 2019 Alain Altinoglu conducts Beethoven’s Symphonies 2 & 4. The world premiere of Mauricio Sotelo’s L’angelo necessario, per clarinetto e […]
The Mozart tenor Pavol Breslik, also a great song singer performs on 10 March at Brussels’ Théâtre de La Monnaie-De Munt, Schubert’s masterpiece, Winterreise.
A superb diptyc is announced at Brussel’s La Monnaie / De Munt from 6 March, Damiano Michieletto’s production of Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci is conducted by Evelino Pidò starring soprano Ainhoa Arteta as Nedda and Eva-Maria Westbroek & Alex Penda sharing the role of Santuzza.
Huge event at Brussels’ La Monnaie-De Munt, from 10 December where great Olivier Py’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites is performed conducted by Alain Altinoglu with two beautiful casts as Patricia Petibon & Anne-Catherine Gillet, Véronique Gens & Marie-Adeline Henry, Sophie Koch & Karine Deshayes, Sandrine Piau & Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, etc.
A superb song recital is announced at Brussels La Monnaie-De Munt on 6 November 2017, splendid mezzo Karine Deshayes performs an original programme of Lierder by Mozart and Schubert but also également Weber, Spohr, Kreisler and Kreutzer.
A important new production at Brussels’ Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie from 29 October, rare Mozart’s opera Lucio Silla is conducted by Antonello Manacorda and directed by Tobias Kratzer.
The Brussel’s Théâtre de la Monnaie refurbished reopens its doors on 5 September to perform Philippe Boesmans seventh opera Pinocchio, worldpremiered this summer during the Aix Festival
