The celebrated Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi continues her streak of triumphs. Following a fiery performance as Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chénier by Giordano in Paris and Lyon, she will take on the role of Aida, Verdi’s famed Ethiopian slave, in London in a production directed by Robert Carsen (from January 28 to February 12, […]

The Orchestre national de Lyon will not be returning to the stage in September, as is the case for most major orchestras, but in October. The reason is simple: for the whole of September, the auditorium’s Grande Salle will be closed for acoustic work. A grand re-opening has therefore been announced, with three prestigious concerts […]

From 17 March to 4 April 2023, the Opéra de Lyon is holding its festival on the theme of “Crossing the gates” with three operas on the bill. With Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro, Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Bluthaus (The House of Crime) by Haas and Monteverdi. It will be a question of thresholds to be […]

The Opera of Lyon announces that for personal reasons, Olivier Assayas, the well-known filmmaker, will not stage Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, scheduled from March 17 to April 4, 2023. Eugen Jebeleanu signs this new production in his place with a newcomer in the role of Marcellina, the great French mezzo-soprano Sophie Pondjiclis, on stage […]

From 2 May to 12 May 2022, the Lyon Opera will host the new world premiere of an opera by Thierry Escaich. After Claude on a libretto by Robert Badinter in 2013, the composer has called on Atiq Rahimi to adapt the magnificent poem Khosrow and Shirine by the 12th century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. […]