Baroque music lovers make a pilgrimage to Beaune to indulge in the rich offerings of the International Baroque Opera Festival. Staying true to the vision of Anne Blanchard and the late Kader Hassissi, the festival’s new artistic director, Maximilien Hondemarck, has unveiled a program where regular attendees will once again find the great names of […]
While the madness of Handel’s Orlando takes over the stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet until February 1, 2025, the renowned Parisian venue reflects on the highlight of its 2024 season. The musical Les Misérables made a triumphant comeback, attracting 98,653 spectators. A packed house for all 52 performances, each greeted with standing ovations, highlights […]
A major work by Handel returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for only five performances, from February 6 to 15, 2025. Semele, the oratorio perfectly suited to staging, was last seen in Paris in 2004 under the baton of Marc Minkowski with direction by David McVicar. This time, the highly anticipated production is entrusted to […]
Raffaele Pe has more than one string to his bow. The superb Italian countertenor is also the artistic director of a baroque ensemble that brings together experienced musicians and musicologists, La Lira di Orfeo. After a European tour that took them to London and Bologna in October 2024, they will return to their all-Vivaldi program […]
The fine production of Handel’s Saul by the great director Barrie Kosky is on at the Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen from 20 March to 5 April 2024, with Handelian bass-baritone Christopher Purves in the title role. For the occasion, the Royal Danish Opera will be joined in the pit by Concerto Copenhagen and its conductor […]
From 20 January to 16 February 2024, the Palais Garnier reprises Laurent Pelly‘s production of Handel‘s Giulio Cesare, this time conducted by Harry Bicket. After her great success in Ariodante, Emily D’Angelo was eagerly awaited by music lovers in the title role alongside the celestial Lisette Oropesa (Cleopatra) and Marianne Crebassa. A happy event keeps […]
The line-up for the 11th Festival de Pâques d’Aix-en-Provence has been unveiled by Dominique Bluzet, the Festival’s Executive Director, and Renaud Capuçon, its Artistic Director, with, as usual, events featuring major international stars such as conductors Tugan Sokhiev, Daniele Gatti, François-Xavier Roth, Christoph Eschenbach and Jean-Claude Casadesus, pianists Alexandre Kantorow and Elisabeth Leonskaja and, violinists […]
Having sung the role on stage many times, the extraordinary Cecilia Bartoli is back on tour in the guise of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Handel‘s masterpiece. The Orchestre Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco conducted by the loyal Gianluca Capuano is at the helm, with a cast chosen to surround […]
With the Collegium 1704 conducted by Vaclav Luks, the new production of Handel’s Alcina, recently staged by Jiri Herman at the National Theatre in Brno, will make a stopover in Caen and the Royal Opera of Versailles. On 10, 12 and 13 March 2022, Karina Gauvin will be back in the magical role of Alcina, […]
The great British director Deborah Warner, after the superb success of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Opéra Comique and Britten’s Billy Bud at the Teatro Real in Madrid, returns to the Théâtre du Châtelet, where she staged a perfect Beethoven’s Fidelio in 2002. From 19 to 29 January 2022, she will stage Messiah, Handel’s […]
