The leading couple of Ambroise Thomas’ Mignon heard at the Opéra Royal de Liège last April are back together. Stéphanie d’Oustrac and Philippe Talbot are back in a new production expected in Paris, at the Opéra Comique from 15 to 25 May 2022. Offenbach’s brilliant Périchole is directed by the very imaginative Valérie Lesort, who […]
One of the most talked about and talented French dancers has just been appointed Danseur Etoile of the Opéra national de Paris. After ten triumphant performances of Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, Aurélie Dupont and Alexander Neef took to the stage of the Opéra Bastille on Saturday 23 April 2022 to honour François Alu, Danseur étoile. […]
The New York Philharmonic, one of America’s greatest orchestras, still did not have a concert hall worthy of its status. Indeed, on the site of Lincoln Center, the current David Geffen Hall (formerly called Philharmonic Hall and then Avery Fisher Hall) was inaugurated in 1962 with acoustics that have never convinced music lovers. This October, […]
The Philharmonie de Paris, like all Western concert halls, has cancelled the visit of the pro-Putin Russian conductor Valery Gergiev. A prestigious replacement has been found for the performances on 16 and 17 May 2022 with Daniele Gatti who will conduct the Münchner Philharmoniker. A few programme changes have been made, including the cancellation of […]
Brussels is a little paradise for music lovers with two emblematic places, La Monnaie-De Munt and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, which is celebrating its centenary this year. On 4 April 1922, the construction of a brand new building bringing together all the arts under one roof was officially recorded. The house has been inaugurated on […]
Tonight sees the premiere of a highly anticipated opera in Rome. Running from 22 to 31 March 2022 at the Teatro dell’Opera, the new production of Puccini’s Turandot is by Ai Weiwei. One of the most famous contemporary stage artists is making his directorial debut and says it will be his first and only experience. […]
The Dresdner Musikfestspiele, which will be held from 11 May to 10 June 2022, has the theme of enchantment this season. Jan Vogler, the artistic director since 2008, has programmed numerous events that are sure to enchant music lovers and festival-goers in the beautiful city of Dresden. However, the performances of Mozart’s masterpiece Die Zauberflöte […]
The war in Ukraine has had many repercussions on the world of culture and especially on classical music. In addition to the temporary withdrawal of Anna Netrebko, the cancellation of Denis Matsuev’s concerts, the resignation of Valery Gergiev and, more surprisingly, Tugan Sokhiev’s, musical director of the Bolshoi in Moscow and of the Orchestre national […]
While his recording of the Goldberg Variations is due to be released on 11 February 2022, Jean Rondeau will be performing Bach’s masterpiece in the prestigious Salle Henry Le Boeuf at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels on 12 February 2022. In the press kit he says: « I think I will work on the […]
From 2 May to 12 May 2022, the Lyon Opera will host the new world premiere of an opera by Thierry Escaich. After Claude on a libretto by Robert Badinter in 2013, the composer has called on Atiq Rahimi to adapt the magnificent poem Khosrow and Shirine by the 12th century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. […]
