One of the most photographed façades in the world will be discreet until the end of 2024. The famous Palais Garnier in Paris, built in 1875 and classified as a historic monument since 1923, is to have its main façade restored. Cleaning, depollution, replacement of damaged elements, restoration of gilding, sculptural elements and sculptures, anti-graffiti […]
8 March is indeed Women’s Rights Day, but the ‘Les Grandes Voix’ concert series has not waited to put women in the spotlight! During the month of March 2023, it is offering two unusual and exceptional events. On Monday 6 March 2023, Nadine Sierra and Pretty Yende will share the stage at the Philharmonie de […]
Since the beginning of the season, the Palazzetto Bru Zane, a great rediscoverer of scores (which is releasing a boxed set of 8CDs in March 2023 and a book on Augusta Holmès), has been devoting a series of concerts to 19th century French women composers: Louise Farrenc, Rita Strohl, Clémence de Grandval, Nadia and Lili […]
While Cherubini’s Medea is expected in Athens next April, the united forces of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles summon the spirit of M.-A. Charpentier by performing a concert version of his Medea on the stage of the Théâtre de l’avenue Montaigne. Anna Pirozzi in Athens and Véronique Gens […]
While she was announced as the guest star at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Anna Pirozzi will not make her debut as Adriana Lecouvreur in Liège, the soprano reserving her role debut for Paris (as she announced in the interview she gave to CCC). From 11 to 22 April 2023, the Théâtre Royal will host […]
Premiered in 2014, the production of Puccini’s of Madama Butterfly makes an eagerly awaited return to the open air on the shores of Sydney Harbour as part of the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour summer season. Running from 24 March 2023 for 32 performances, Sydney residents and visitors will be attending Àlex Ollé‘s visionary staging […]
The Semperoper continues the great tradition by regularly programming Richard Strauss‘s operas, many of which were first performed here in Dresden. For the revival of Ariadne auf Naxos directed by David Hermann (from 23 February 2023), the great French voice Catherine Hunold, Sarah Aristidou and Angela Brower will make their debut in loco, while Gregory […]
Last December, the Opéra de Tours had the privilege of discovering Reynaldo Hahn’s O mon bel inconnu, the latest production from the Palazzetto Bru Zane, well known for giving back to France a large part of its culture. The three-act musical, with a libretto by Sacha Guitry and directed by the delightful Emeline Bayard (who […]
Even if he does not reserve his role debut for the Opéra national de Paris, Ludovic Tézier will be Hamlet, in Ambroise Thomas’ eponymous opera, at the Opéra Bastille from 11 March to 9 April 2023 in a new production by Krzysztof Warlikoswki, directed by Pierre Dumoussaud. Since its creation in 1868, the masterpiece, in […]
On 12 February 2023, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will present an all-French concert at the Berlin Philharmonie with Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, followed by Francis Poulenc’s Concert champêtre performed by Jean Rondeau on the harpsichord and Camille Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3 with organ, featuring Thomas Ospital, the current organist at Saint-Eustache church in […]
