From 31 March, baroque opera is at the top at Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper with the production of Cavalli’s La Calisto performed by a perfect cast : Christiane Karg, Tim Mead, Karina Gauvin, Anna Bonitatibus or Dominique Visse.
At Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on 27 March two beautiful baroque voices soprano Julia Lezhneva and countertenor Franco Fagioli perform Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
One of the major event of the Festtage at Staatsoper unter den Linden Berlin is the production of Wagner’s Parsifal conducted by Daniel Barenboim and staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov, starring Nina Stemme, Andreas Schager, René Pape and Falk Struckmann, on 30 March & 2 April.
At Paris’ Palais Garnier from 24 mars, the Gluck’s masterpiece opera Orphée et Eurydice is danced by Paris national Opera Ballet company thanks to Pina Bausch’s choreography.
At Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées a unique occasion to celebrate divine soprano Annick Massis, on 25 March where she performs Debussy’s L’Enfant prodigue with legendary conductor Michel Plasson conducting the Orchestre Lamoureux.
Great Bach Passions are performed at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw in March, Matthäus Passion is conducted by Ton Koopman with the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (on 23-25) and by famous tenor and also conductor Mark Padmore with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (on 27), the Johannes Passion is conducted by Philippe Herreweghe with the Collegium Vocale Gent […]
A world premiere to notice at the Zurich Opera, on 4 March, Heinz Holliger new opera Lunea will be premiered starring great baritone Christian Gerhaher as the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau.
Legendary pianist Grigory Sokolov performs a piano recital in the fantastic set of the Teatro di San Carlo of Naples on 26 March 2018.
Something’s wrong at Wiener Staatsoper between Roberto Alagna and is wife Aleksandra Kurzak, as Otello in Verdi’s opera he is about to strangle her on stage from 12 March !