Julia Lezhneva is the artist-in-residence of the Lucerne Festival, Easter edition held from 17 to 25 March 2018.

The Oper Leipzig presents a new production of Dvořák’s masterpiece Rusalka staged by Michiel Dijkema and conducted by Christoph Gedschold from 3 December with the fantastic Gewandhausorchester.

Unfortunatly Dmitri Hvorostovsky cancels all the performances scheduled at the Wiener Staatsoper, in Verdi’s Otello Dalibor Jenis replaces in March and Paolo Rumetz as Rigoletto in May.

Superb pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs with her sister Gvantsa on 30 November at Montpellier’s Opéra Comédie an explosive piano recital with works by Rachmaninov, Milhaud, Gershwin and Ravel.

Amazing countertenor Franco Fagioli performs at Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on 12 December a programme with arias from Handel’s Opera, divine for sure…

After Le Timbre d’Argent, a new Camille Saint-Saëns Opera is about to be rediscover, on 24 & 26 November 2017 at Geneva’s Opéra des Nations, Saint-Saëns’s Ascanio is conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire starring Bernard Richter, Karina Gauvin, Ève-Maud Hubeaux and Jean-François Lapointe.

A role debut for American soprano Ailyn Pérez who performs as Thaïs with Gerald Finley as Athanaël in Massenet’s opera directed by John Cox and conducted by Emmanuel Villaume at the Metropolitan Opera from November 11.

L’Arlésienne & Carmen, Roland Petit’s masterpiece are performed by the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon at Lyon’s Opéra from 18 to 24 November.

Unlucky superstar pianist Lang Lang who is still recovering from a tendinits of his left arm is forced to withdraw from a Berliner Philharmoniker’s tour but also solo recitals scheduled on April 2018.