The programme and organisation of the Verbier Festival has just undergone some upheaval following Valery Gergiev’s request to resign as musical director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. The opening of the 29th edition will be a concert redesigned in favour of a call for peace, solidarity and the inclusion of musicians of all nationalities. Italian […]
Tonight sees the premiere of a highly anticipated opera in Rome. Running from 22 to 31 March 2022 at the Teatro dell’Opera, the new production of Puccini’s Turandot is by Ai Weiwei. One of the most famous contemporary stage artists is making his directorial debut and says it will be his first and only experience. […]
In Marseille, the Théâtre des Calanques, located in the heart of nature, is programming a new creation from 18 March to 2 April 2022. Les Mariés de l’Apocalypse on a text by Marion Coutris set to music by Marco Quesada is a theatre opera directed by Serge Noyelle, a variation on the tragedy of a […]
It was to be one of the highlights of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s season, but in agreement with director Romeo Castellucci, the performances of Bach’s Matthäus-Passion scheduled for 10-13 April have been postponed until 2024. Due to the continuing pandemic, the project for the production directed by James Conlon could not be completed. From […]
The prestigious Baden-Baden Easter Festival is forced to change its line-up with the announcement of a reorganisation. It has been agreed with the interested party that Anna Netrebko will not perform with the Berliner Philharmoniker on 13 April 2022. Kirill Peternko is considering a new programme. Perhaps most sadly, while she was the other star […]
The Dresdner Musikfestspiele, which will be held from 11 May to 10 June 2022, has the theme of enchantment this season. Jan Vogler, the artistic director since 2008, has programmed numerous events that are sure to enchant music lovers and festival-goers in the beautiful city of Dresden. However, the performances of Mozart’s masterpiece Die Zauberflöte […]
The war in Ukraine has had many repercussions on the world of culture and especially on classical music. In addition to the temporary withdrawal of Anna Netrebko, the cancellation of Denis Matsuev’s concerts, the resignation of Valery Gergiev and, more surprisingly, Tugan Sokhiev’s, musical director of the Bolshoi in Moscow and of the Orchestre national […]
The final of the second edition of the international La Maestra competition, which took place on Sunday 6 March 2022 at the Philharmonie de Paris, crowned Anna Sulkowska-Migon, a young Polish chef aged 26. Her compatriot Joanna Natalia Slusarczyk won second prize ahead of the Spanish Beatriz Fernandez Aucejo. Congratulations and best wishes for success […]
The Teatro alla Scala in Milan is once again performing the Italian repertoire with Adriana Lecouvreur, a masterpiece by Francesco Cilea. The greatest sopranos have performed in the role, such as Maria Agresta and Anna Netrebko now, who will alternate between 4 and 19 March 2022. The lovers of his ladies Freddie De Tommaso and […]
