Venise is such a beautiful city in winter and La Fenice such a « must go » theater especially for opera lovers because of La Traviata, performed in December and Juanary by two young and beautiful sopranos, Claudia Pavone and Mihaela Marcu sharing the title-role.
Superb soprano Lisette Oropesa is the new Lucia di Lammermoor at London’s Royal Opera House on stage from 30 October to 27 November.
Conducted by Daniel Harding a beautiful Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is announced at Wiener Staatsoper from 12 October starring Bernard Richter, Christiane Karg and Simon Keenlyside as Golaud.
While the next Lucerne Festival Piano will be held from 18 to 26 November, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra is touring in Asia for the first-ever time with Music Director Riccardo Chailly.
Huge event at the Paris’ Bibliothèque-musée de l’Opéra at Palais Garnier from 18 November 2017 to 3 March 2018, with this exhibition dedicated to the great opera & theater director Patrice Chéreau.
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.
Joy and happiness at Geneva’s Opéra des Nations from 15 December 2017 to 6 January 2018 with Der Zigeunerbaron, the famous Johann Strauss’ operetta performed in French is conducted by Stefan Blunier and directed by Christian Räth.
From 10 October, the last 2017 season production performed at La Scala de Milana, Der Freischütz Weber’s masterpiece is conducted by Myung-Whun Chung.
Legendary Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s Turandot returns to the Metropolitan Opera from October 12 starring Oksana Dyka and Aleksandrs Antonenko, and from March 21 starring Martina Serafin and Marcelo Álvarez.
A rare pianist is to perform at Brussels’ Palais des Beaux-Arts on 25 October, young and very talented pianist Igor Levit is performing a new concert from his all-Beethoven Sonatas cycle.
