After her huge success in Gluck’s Armide at the Opéra Comique, Véronique Gens returns to a more modern tragedy in concert and on record. In January 2023, the Orchestre National de Lille, conducted by Alexandre Bloch, will support the superb soprano in Francis Poulenc’s La Voix humaine, on Wednesday 25 January at the Nouveau Siècle […]
Verona is the city of lovers that welcomes couples in every season. Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak even have a nice surprise in store for the people of Verona as they will perfom as Mimi & Rodolfo to the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona on 31 December 2022 for an exclusive performance of Puccini’s La Bohème. […]
Lisa Batiashvili is not only an exceptional violinist who excels on every stage in the world, the violinist is also an artist involved in the defence of human rights and freedoms. Born in Georgia, she knows more than any other European what the madness of a single Russian can bring. Through her Foundation, she has […]
As the Mozartwoche 2023 prepares to open its doors on January 26, 2023 in Salzburg, its charming artistic director, the truculent Rolando Villazón, is faced with the predictable cancellation of Daniel Barenboim. The pianist and conductor is unwell and has to give up conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and performing with his friend Martha Argerich. The […]
It is now 10 years since the great pianist Ivo Pogorelich (flamboyant flunner of the 1980 Chopin Competition) came to Paris with an orchestra. The gap will be filled on 14 December 2022 at the Salle Gaveau where the artist will perform Chopin‘s fabulous Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre Appassionato conducted by Matthieu Herzog […]
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 […]
Long before Fort-de-France, the charming city of Saint-Pierre in Martinique was the great capital of culture with its theater, a magnificent building that was designed on the same plans as the one in Bordeaux. In 1902, the eruption of Mount Pelee completely devastated the city, which retains the ruins as a trace of its glorious […]
December 7, the day of St. Ambrose, the patron saint of the city of Milano, is the season opening date of the temple of opera, La Scala in Milan. For 2022-2023, Dominique Meyer, Intendant and Riccardo Chailly, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of La Scala, have chosen the masterpiece of Russian opera, Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov. […]
The movie MAESTRO(S), a film by Bruno Chiche will be out on 7 December 2023 starring Yvan Attal and Pierre Arditi as two conductors, Miou-Miou, Nils Othenin-Girard and Pascale Arbillot. Caroline Anglade is also part of the cast, coached by Anne Gravoin for her role as a violinist. Yvan Attal has worked with conductors Dominique Trottein to prepare […]
