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Státní Opera in Prague has just reopened !

A great news for Opera lovers from all other the world, the Státní Opera in Prague has just reopened after three long years of refurbishing. One of the three major opera houses in the Czech capital reconnect with its international repertoire by scheduling dance performances (La Fille mal gardée, The Sleepiing Beauty) and operas (Aida, […]

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The great Karine Deshayes is back in Paris at the TCE

After her superb performance as Marguerite in Berlioz La Damnation de Faust at the Philharmonie and a sold out concert at the Elephant Paname, the exquisite Karine Deshayes is back in Paris, from March 20 to 30, 2020 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, in one of the highlight of the season. In Roberto Devereux, Donizetti’s […]

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Rare Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the TCE

Rarely performed, one of Richard Strauss’s great masterpieces, Die Frau ohne Schatten (La Femme sans ombre) will be conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on February 17, 2020 (at 6.30 p.m.). At the head of the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, the great chef, current musical director of the New York Metropolitan Opera, has […]

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Two exceptional evenings in Venice from 14 to 17 February 2020

A must-see pilgrimage for any art lover, Venice is a musical city par excellence. The sumptuous Teatro La Fenice alone deserves the trip. This opera remains, together with the Scala di Milano and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, one of the most prestigious temples of Italian opera. This is where Verdi’s La Traviata was […]

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Conductor Mikko Franck is facing a new cancellation

Unfortunatly for health reasons, conductor Mikko Franck is facing a new cancellation serie. He is forced to cancel his visit to the Wiener Staatsoper in January 2020. Dennis Russell Davies replaces to conduct Richard Strauss’s Salome and Jonathan Darlington to conduct Verdi’s Otello.   Photo : Mikko Franck © Christophe Abramowitz  

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The 2020 program of the Aix-en-Provence International Lyric Art Festival has been announced!

The 2020 program of the Aix-en-Provence International Lyric Art Festival has just been officially announced. Five staged operas are scheduled: Berg’s Wozzeck conducted by Simon Rattle, a traditional Mozart masterpiece with Così fan tutte directed by the unconventional Dmitri Tcherniakov, the brilliant Rimsky-Korsakov’s Golden Cockerel directed by the great Barrie Kosky, a great baroque masterpiece […]