The Berliner Philharmoniker, which is in residence in Baden-Baden every season for the famous Osterfestspiele, has announced some changes in the programme for the tenth edition, which will be held from 1 to 10 April 2023. Richard Strauss’s opera Die Frau ohne Schatten, which is at the heart of the season, requires a large number […]
On 9, 10 and 11 November 2022, Roman audiences at the Parco della Musica will visit two pure masterpieces of classical music. Antonio Pappano conducts Bruckner’s final symphony (No. 9) and in the first half, the superb violinist Lisa Batiashvili performs Beethoven‘s Concerto with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Great stars for a […]
Since he is persona non grata everywhere in the world except his native country, conductor Valery Gergiev finally has a replacement to conduct the Orchestre de Paris concert on 8 and 9 November 2022 at the Philharmonie de Paris. Mikhail Pletnev will be on the podium with the orchestra alongside Janine Jansen in a modified […]
From 9 October 2022, the Vienna State Opera will revive David Pountney‘s production (created in 2002) of Leos Janácek‘s masterpiece to offer a role to the new star of sopranos. Jenufa will be performed by Asmik Grigorian, an exceptional voice and exemplary actress. Conductor Tomáš Hanus, a great specialist of the repertoire, made his debut […]
The 2022-23 “Moon Season” of the Opera Grand Avignon opens this Friday 7 October 2022 with a great 20th century masterpiece, Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. The two performances conducted by Jochem Hochstenbach mark the great ambition of Frédéric Roels who had planned to inaugurate his new mandate as director and the renovated hall with this […]
On 5 September 2022, the pianist and conductor Lars Vogt passed away after a long illness. The Orchestre de chambre de Paris, which he conducted, and several of his artist friends have decided to pay tribute to him during the concert to be held tomorrow, Tuesday 4 October 2022, at the Philharmonie de Paris. Daniel […]
For the sixth time, Oper Frankfurt has been named Opera House of the Year by the leading German magazine Opernwelt. The journalists singled out the institution for a particularly innovative and courageously planned season and outstanding productions such as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov‘s rare opera Christmas Eve directed by Christof Loy. A good reason to visit Frankfurt! […]
Until the end of 2022, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels will become the temple of the Baroque with the announcement of a dozen concerts of early music where we will be able to meet some big names such as Marc Minkowski and his Musiciens du Louvre who are imagining a new symphony by Rameau […]
The Vienna Volksoper opens its new season with a show that combines opera and ballet, starting on 9 October 2022. Tchaikovsky’s Iolantha and The Nutcracker are the perfect double bill for the other Viennese stage, which brings together choreographer Andrey Kaydanovskiy and, above all, the two new heads of the Volksoper, Director Lotte de Beer […]
