The Colmar International Festival is undergoing a revolution. Directed for more than thirty years by the Russian conductor Vladimir Spivakov, the Alsatian institution has just named its new artistic director. From conductor to artistic director, Alain Altinoglu is wearing a new hat. The artist in place at the Monnaie de Bruxelles and the Hr-Sinfonieorchester will […]
Ever since Trisha Brown, it has been known that Monteverdi’s Orfeo is an opera that can be danced to. The choreographer Sasha Waltz has created a production that will be staged at the Teatro Real in Madrid from 20 to 24 November 2022, with the astonishing baritone Georg Nigl in the title role and the […]
The winners of the 76th Geneva International Music Competition were announced at the end of the Piano Final (with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Maržena Diakun) which took place at the Victoria Hall on Thursday 3 November. The first prize was awarded to a remarkable 17-year-old Canadian pianist, Kevin Chen, while Sergey […]
As La Scala in Milan prepares to open its new season on 7 December 2022 with Boris Godunov, the great Italian institution is first paying tribute to one of its legendary directors with an exhibition that opened on 8 November 2022. Franco Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, would have been 100 years old on 12 […]
The great Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, who died in 2018, gave her name to a singing competition during her lifetime. The 17th edition has just ended crowning a Korean tenor. Jihoon Son, the 2022 winner of the “Concurso Internacional de Canto Montserrat Caballé”, was awarded first prize at the Teatro Real ahead of sopranos Anna […]
While Matthias Schulz, the new director of the Oper Zürich, one of Europe’s most prestigious Opera House, will only be in charge from the 2025/26 season onwards, he has just taken his first decision by requesting the extension of the contract of conductor Gianandrea Noseda, who will remain until at least the 2027/28 season. Noseda […]
After her triumph in Pesaro, the exceptional Karine Deshayes returns to the role of Elizabeth of England in Rossini‘s opera, Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra at the Opéra de Marseille on 8, 10 and 13 November 2022. The concert version conducted by Roberto Rizzi Brignoli is also performed by Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Julien Dran and Ruzil Gatin. Royal […]
The fast-moving and well-loved Rolando Villazón has more than one string to his bow. Singer, TV and radio host, the tenor who has taken over the artistic direction of the famous Mozartwoche in Salzburg in 2019 has just been reappointed. The renowned Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg has renewed its trust in Rolando Villazón for another five […]
Every season, Cecilia Bartoli‘s appearance in Paris is an event. In the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez on Friday 25 November 2022, the Philharmonie had announced a Mozart concert, but the diva has refined her idea by finally programming a concert version of La Clemenza di Tito by the same Mozart with an exceptional cast. John […]
