The popular Gustavo Dudamel, current music director of the Paris National Opéra, has just been officially appointed to lead the New York Philharmonic where he is expected in 2025-26 to start his first real season 2026-27. He will be the first Hispanic principal conductor since the orchestra was founded in 1842. The Venezuelan conductor who […]
Shakespeare’s mythical couple to be celebrated on Valentine’s Day, Romeo and Juliet were immortalised by the Prokofiev’s ballet and above all by Charles Gounod’s opera, his masterpieces. Several productions have been announced for 2023, such as in Savonlinna, where they will be a ménage à quatre with Lisette Oropesa and Marjukka Tepponen as Juliette and […]
Premiered in 2014, the production of Puccini’s of Madama Butterfly makes an eagerly awaited return to the open air on the shores of Sydney Harbour as part of the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour summer season. Running from 24 March 2023 for 32 performances, Sydney residents and visitors will be attending Àlex Ollé‘s visionary staging […]
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 […]
Earthquakes in the region have complicated the maintenance operations of the Teatro Rossini, currently underway in Pesaro. It will not be possible for the Rossini Opera Festival to use the hall, where a number of events are already scheduled, which creates a certain earthquake. The production of Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira is therefore moved to […]
After a perfect Parsifal, the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse returns to the great German conductor Frank Beermann to conduct Tristan und Isolde. Wagner’s absolute masterpiece, which will be performed from 26 February to 7 March 2023, will feature the exceptional cast of Parsifal with Nikolai Schukoff (Tristan), Matthias Goerne (König Marke) and Sophie […]
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 […]
