The 2022-23 “Moon Season” of the Opera Grand Avignon opens this Friday 7 October 2022 with a great 20th century masterpiece, Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. The two performances conducted by Jochem Hochstenbach mark the great ambition of Frédéric Roels who had planned to inaugurate his new mandate as director and the renovated hall with this […]
On 5 September 2022, the pianist and conductor Lars Vogt passed away after a long illness. The Orchestre de chambre de Paris, which he conducted, and several of his artist friends have decided to pay tribute to him during the concert to be held tomorrow, Tuesday 4 October 2022, at the Philharmonie de Paris. Daniel […]
For the sixth time, Oper Frankfurt has been named Opera House of the Year by the leading German magazine Opernwelt. The journalists singled out the institution for a particularly innovative and courageously planned season and outstanding productions such as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov‘s rare opera Christmas Eve directed by Christof Loy. A good reason to visit Frankfurt! […]
Until the end of 2022, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels will become the temple of the Baroque with the announcement of a dozen concerts of early music where we will be able to meet some big names such as Marc Minkowski and his Musiciens du Louvre who are imagining a new symphony by Rameau […]
The Vienna Volksoper opens its new season with a show that combines opera and ballet, starting on 9 October 2022. Tchaikovsky’s Iolantha and The Nutcracker are the perfect double bill for the other Viennese stage, which brings together choreographer Andrey Kaydanovskiy and, above all, the two new heads of the Volksoper, Director Lotte de Beer […]
The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, which is opening a great season with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, is launching the residency of the ensemble Les Siècles and its prestigious conductor, François-Xavier Roth. The orchestra, which performs on historical instruments, will be performing three symphonic concerts, one staged opera, one opera in concert version and two concerts for […]
Last minute: Unfortunately Adela Zaharia had to cancel her debut in Dresden for health reasons. Soprano Nina Minasyan replaces. A premiere is always an event in an opera house, especially when it is a renowned venue like the Semperoper Dresden and especially when it is a masterpiece like Verdi’s La Traviata! From 2 October 2022, […]
Julien Chauvin, the Concert de la Loge and the Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, in partnership with the CMBV, are mobilising to revive C. W. Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide, first in Soissons (on 2 October 2022 at the Cité de la musique et de la danse de Soissons as part of the […]
Famous for its exceptional acoustics, the Philharmonie de Paris welcomes all sounds and even the cries of animals. It is a fantastic bestiary, both visual and aural, that is exhibited from 20 September 2022 to 29 January 2023. In a playful and sumptuous setting, MUSICANIMALE offers a journey of 150 works and art objects organised […]
On Wednesday, October 5, 2022, Mozart is in the spotlight at the Philharmonie de Paris with Les Surprises. In an approach of musicological and historical research, the ensemble co-founded and directed by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas performs on period instruments (a Gräbner 1791 piano and a Hemsch 1761 harpsichord) vocal works by the divine composer, […]
