As he celebrates 40 years of an illustrious career with the release of a complete collection of his opera recordings for Warner Classics, Roberto Alagna shows no signs of stepping away from the stage. From December 12 to 22, 2024, audiences in Geneva will have the chance to see him perform at the Grand Théâtre […]
Building on the success of previous initiatives, the National Opéra-Comique Theatre is launching its 5th crowdfunding campaign in support of its Maîtrise Populaire, a multidisciplinary, top-tier performing arts training program dedicated to young people aged 8 to 25 from all social backgrounds. The Maîtrise provides 4,650 hours of artistic training per year to its 126 […]
Daniele Rustioni, current musical director of the Opéra National de Lyon, has just been appointed principal guest conductor of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera in New York. Having already conducted operas in this legendary venue, as well as a concert at Carnegie Hall with the Met Orchestra, he will take up his new role starting in […]
On its website, our colleagues at BBC Music Magazine published a ranking of the 30 greatest conductors of all time, selected by their peers. In response to the question, “Which maestros have inspired you?”, a hundred of today’s top conductors overwhelmingly named Carlos Kleiber. Only two women appear in this ranking, and — cocorico! — […]
At the end of an amazing show at the Opéra Comique on 8 October 2023, the winners of the Voix Nouvelles 2023 competition were announced, crowning the favourite artist as predicted. Following in the footsteps of some big names such as Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes and Stéphane Degout, Lauranne Oliva, the talented 22-year-old soprano, takes […]
One of the highlights of the 2022-2023 dance season at the Opéra national de Paris, The Dante Project by British choreographer Wayne McGregor enters the Paris Opera Ballet repertory on 3 May 2023 (until 31) at the Palais Garnier. Premiered in London in October 2021, the ballet is based on Dante’s Divine Comedy and features […]
On 13 December 2022, the last opera by the great Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans (who died on 10 April 2022) will be premiered at La Monnaie in Brussels. Directed by Bassem Akiki and staged by Richard Brunel, On purge bébé! based on Georges Feydeau‘s vaudeville is performed by Jean-Sébastien Bou and Jodie Devos (Monsieur and […]
The winners of the 76th Geneva International Music Competition were announced at the end of the Piano Final (with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Maržena Diakun) which took place at the Victoria Hall on Thursday 3 November. The first prize was awarded to a remarkable 17-year-old Canadian pianist, Kevin Chen, while Sergey […]
The 2022-23 “Moon Season” of the Opera Grand Avignon opens this Friday 7 October 2022 with a great 20th century masterpiece, Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. The two performances conducted by Jochem Hochstenbach mark the great ambition of Frédéric Roels who had planned to inaugurate his new mandate as director and the renovated hall with this […]
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 […]
