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 […]
The white smoke was eagerly awaited and it is finally Olivier Py who has been appointed Director of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. A great theatre and opera director, actor, author, director of the Théâtre national de l’Odéon from 2007 to 2012 and of the Festival d’Avignon from 2013 to 2022, Olivier Py is […]
In London, Sweeney Todd is a well-known barber on Fleet Street and yet it is the Barbiere di Siviglia that is most often visited. In Bow Street, at the Royal Opera House, from 2 February to 6 March 2023, Andrzej Filończyk performs as Rossini’s hero accomplice Count Almaviva, the great Rossinian tenor Lawrence Brownlee, who […]
While Maestro Long Yu was expected with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at the Opéra Comique from 24 April to 4 May 2023 to conduct Bizet’s Carmen (in the hall where the opera was first performed), the Covid, still too virulent in China, prevented them from coming to Paris. Love being a rebellious and fickle bird, […]
The great baroque conductor Christophe Rousset, who is very much on top of his game at the head of his Talens Lyriques, is conducting a complete set of Schubert’s symphonies at the Théâtre du Châtelet in three concerts, on 27 January 2023 (Symphonies Nos. 2, 4 & 6), 29 January (Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 & […]
His state of health had prevented him from conducting since October 2022, but his return to the Berlin stage for the New Year’s Eve concerts gave reason to hope. Unfortunately, Daniel Barenboim, the legendary conductor and pianist, has just officially announced his retirement. The 80-year-old Music Director of the great German institution since 1992 will […]
A sad anniversary on 6 January 2023, as it is exactly 30 years since the great choreographer Rudolf Nureyev died at the age of 54. His choreographies are still celebrated all over the world and are still relevant today. This season, his Don Quixote will be performed in Vienna, Swan Lake at the Teatro alla […]
