Martha Argerich, the legendary pianist, has waited for Renaud Capuçon‘s proposal to perform Richard Strauss‘ Sonata for Violin and Piano for the very first time in her career. When asked why now? she replies: “Simply because I’ve never been asked before!” The concert will take place in Aix on 23 April 2022 at the Grand […]
The Palazzetto Bru Zane teams always delights music lovers with their many exciting rediscoveries of the 19th century French repertoire. Intense musicological work on Offenbach is bearing fruit on the stage with the exhumation of the complete original 1866 version (never heard before) of the Opéra-bouffe masterpiece, Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne. For the first time, […]
For this new 2021-2022 season, ABAO Bilbao is offering an ambitious programme of new productions with 8 titles covering the French, Italian and German repertoire. (Verdi, Rossini, Offenbach, Poulenc…) The season just began with a major premiere: a new performance at the ABAO of Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann with an exceptional cast (Michael Fabiano, Jessica […]
The most Italian of French operas, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, has not been performed at the Opéra national de Paris since 1985 (sic). From 13 to 21 December 2021, the Opéra Comique will once again perform the great masterpiece with an ideal cast (Julie Fuchs, Jean-François Borras, Adèle Charvet, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Jérôme Boutillier with Laurent […]
The event went almost unnoticed, but on 8 October 2021 Munich inaugurated the Isarphilharmonie, its new ephemeral concert hall! The paradox is well known. Unlike its rival Berlin, Germany’s musical capital, which has a superlative opera house and some of the best orchestras in the world, can only accommodate them in the Gasteig, which has […]
Bologna’s Teatro Communale is making Italian history by appointing for the very first time a woman as head of an opera house. After having been Music Director of the Graz Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra, Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv will step on her new role in January 2022. She is also well known to be the […]
Omer Meir Wellber, who was scheduled to conduct the next performances of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur at the Wiener Staatsoper (22, 25, 29 October, 2 & 5 November 2021), has cancelled his visit to Vienna due to injury. In his place, Asher Fisch will conduct David McVicar’s beautiful production with a superb cast: Ermonela Jaho, Elina […]
The superstar violinist Renaud Capuçon, Artistic Director, and Dominique Bluzet, Executive Director, have just announced the official programme of the 2022 Easter Festival. After two years of turmoil, the audience will once again be able to applaud the fantastic artists always invited to perform at this exceptional musical event. The list of guest artists is […]
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jonas Kaufmann, Daniel Barenboim, Cecilia Bartoli, Daniil Trifonov, Julia Fischer, Khatia Buniatishvili, le Wiener Philharmoniker…The 21-22 season of MünchenMusik offers a first-class programme with the world’s most renowned artists and orchestras. It will begin on 16 October with a concert at the Isarphilharmonie in Munich with a prestigious cast (Daniil Trifonov (piano), Valery Gergiev, […]
The 2021-2022 ‘Entra en escena’ (Enter the stage) season of the Teatro de la Maestranza opened yesterday with a masterful performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly under the musical direction of Alain Guingal. The Sevillian institution, which announced its programme during the summer, is committed to strengthening the link between artists and audiences. After Puccini, the […]
