Baroque French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is the focus of two major events on September 27th and 29th, 2019. At Royaumont Festival on Sunday the 29th, Alexis Kossenko conducts the orchestra Les Ambassadeurs to perform Platée, the most popular piece of the Baroque composer, starring Anders Dahlin, Chantal Santon-Jeffery and Thomas Dolié. On Friday 27th will […]
A world premiere opens the new 19/20 season of the Royal Theater of La Monnaie in Brussels, on September 20, 2019. Macbeth Underworld by Pascal Dusapin is directed by Thomas Jolly and conducted by Alain Altinoglu with a brilliant cast. Georg Nigl performs as Shakespeare hero Macbeth and Magdalena Kožená and Sophie Marilley share the […]
Akram Khan’s choreography of Giselle is overwhelming. With this spectaculor event, the English National Ballet is invited to open the dance season 19/20 of Madrid’s Teatro Real from October 10, 2019. The English company is also invited to perform Giselle at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu from of April 22, 2020 before Les Etés de […]
Two major events open the new season of the New York Philharmonic. On September 18–21, 2019, Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts the wolrd premiere of Philip Glass’s King Lear Ouverture, commissioned by the NY Phil. And on September 26–28, 2019, van Zweden conducts the US Stage Premiere of director, set and lighting designer Bengt […]
Conducting the Dresden Philharmonie, Krzysztof Urbański perfoms with two great international cellists at the Dresden Kulturpalast in October 2019. Cellist Truls Mørk performs famous Dvořák’s concerto on October 3 and 6. Cellist Jan Vogler joins the list of prestigous guests for the 50th anniversary Gala of Kulturpalast Opening, on October 5th.
After the Chorégies d’Orange this summer, a fresh Swiss air is now blowing at the Opéra de Lyon which presents Rossini’s Guillaume Tell for the opening of the 2019/20 season. German artist Tobias Kratzer directs this new production. After Orange, the perfect baritone Nicola Alaimo once again perform as Guillaume with Jane Archibald, John Osborn, […]
Verdi’s Don Carlo opens the 19/20 season of Madrid’s Teatro Real. Nicola Luisotti conducts the production of the great Scottish director David McVicar. Three distrubutions alternate with Ainhoa Arteta, María Agresta, Francesco Meli or Silvia Tro Santafé, among others. Performances starts on September 18, 2019.
When you attend a show at the Royal Opera or the Royal Chapel of Versailles, there is a some miracle and certainly a feeling of magic in the air. In the world, few places are as full of history and, above all, few historical halls are still able to receive opera, theater or ballet productions. […]
Summer in Italy has been quite eventful. First, Alexander Pereira the famous director of La Scala in Milan has been brutaly dismissed (causing the cancellation of Cecilia Bartoli’s performances). Then, another great institution had problem with financial difficulties. General director and musical director, Fabio Luisi quitted the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Musical chairs, Alexander […]
