César Franck is the composer at the heart of the 2022 celebrations. Born in Liège on 10 December 1822, he is one of the great figures of the musical world of the XIXᵉ century. It is not surprising that the brilliant Palazzetto Bru Zane, a great specialist in French Romantic music, should propose a cycle […]
On 1 and 3 March 2022, the Teatro Real in Madrid will be the scene of a new summit meeting before Paris. After having performed Ophelia and Hamlet (in Thomas’s Hamlet), soprano Sabine Devieilhe reunites with baritone Stéphane Degout in Lakmé, the sublime masterpiece by Léo Delibes. The Madrid concert version conducted by Leo Hussain […]
The titles of the operas to be performed at the 48th edition of the Festival della Valle d’Itria have been revealed. As usual, the famous opera festival in Martina Franca, in the beautiful Italian region of Puglia, is offering little or no known works. From 19 July to 6 August 2022, the new artistic director […]
Having just made a name for himself on the recording front with the release of a remarkable CD, the German-Russian pianist Igor Levit is performing in Brussels (at Bozar) and then in Berlin, in particular to defend a score that is too often neglected. Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues are 24 miniatures full of contrasts between […]
The legendary Richard Eyre production of Verdi’s La Traviata returns to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1 to 18 April 2022. To perform the role of the ill-fated courtesan, the UK’s leading opera house has invited three new top beautiful talents Pretty Yende, Angel Blue and Hrachuhí Bassénz. Bookings are now open… […]
The Opéra Comédie de Montpellier will be perform Debussy’s masterpiece Pelléas et Mélisande, directed by Benjamin Lazar, from 9 to 13 March 2022 for three exceptional dates. The director presents the long-awaited revival of the production created in Malmö in 2016. In an enigmatic country setting, between light and dark, Marc Mauillon‘s Pelléas and Judith […]
Platée, Rameau’s masterpiece, will be performed at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse from 19 to 24 March 2022 and then at the Opéra Royal in Versailles from 18 to 22 May. Conducted by fellow conductor Hervé Niquet (at the head of the Concert Spirituel), the eagerly awaited production by Corinne and Gilles Benizio (Shirley […]
On the weekend of 6, 7 and 8 May 2022, the conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, patron of the 15th edition, will take us to “Tous à l’opéra”. 29 French opera houses are playing the game this season by opening their doors to the public free of charge. The theme “Spotlight on the workshops: from instrument making […]
From 2 to 12 March 2022, the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet in Paris will be ablaze with Monteverdi’s Il Nerone. The new production of Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea by Alain Françon takes this title in reference to the first time the work was given in Paris in 1647. The young artists in residence of the Académie […]
