Mozart

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Larbi and Crete on the shores of Lake Geneva

The brilliant choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has added another string to his bow by also directing opera. His arrival at the helm of the Grand Théâtre de Genève ballet in 2022 naturally led him to propose a new production in which all the performing arts will be brought together. From 21 February to 2 March […]

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The Cercle de l’Harmonie stays in Aix-en-Provence

In keeping with its desire to involve an orchestra in its programming, the Grand Théâtre de Provence is welcoming the Cercle de l’Harmonie and its conductor Jérémie Rhorer to take up residence in Aix-en-Provence. A number of projects have been developed, including immersion courses in the orchestra, backstage tours, discoveries of the different professions involved […]

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La Traviata in the splendour of La Monnaie de Paris

For three seasons now in Paris, the Opera a Palazzo troupe has been bringing intense emotions to its audiences, welcoming them to the most beautiful venues in the capital. After the Hôtel Dosne-Thiers in the Nouvelle Athènes and the Musée Jacquemart-André, it is now the doors of the Hôtel de La Monnaie, on the Quai […]

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The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées loses its bird-catcher

Opening on 14 November 2023, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées is preparing to welcome one of the flagship productions of its season, Mozart‘s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), directed by Cédric Klapisch (the well-known film director) and conducted by the great François-Xavier Roth. The prestigious cast (Regula Mühlemann, Cyrille Dubois, Jean Teitgen, Marc Mauillon, etc.) has […]

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French Baroque in style in Berlin

From 17 to 26 November 2023, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin will be hosting the Barocktage 2023, where the French presence will be in evidence everywhere. Of the three major productions on the bill, two are from the French repertoire: Charpentier’s Médée (performed by Magdalena Kožená in Peter Sellars‘ staging conducted by Simon […]

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Così fan tutte transgenerational at the Châtelet

Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s production opened the debates this summer at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. By offering the roles to singers in their fifties, the director proposed a radical version of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. From 2 to 22 February 2024, audiences at the Théâtre du Châtelet will be able to discover his work, with a special treat […]

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Not “mille e tre” but 100 for Don Giovanni

Lille Opera is particularly in the news this 2023-2024 season as the venerable institution celebrates a double anniversary. Just 20 years ago, the opera house returned to the public after a long period of closure for renovation. But it’s the 100th anniversary in particular that will be celebrated this year, as the Lille Opera opened […]

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Opéra national de Lorraine in the shop windows

Nancy’s superb opera house, set on the Place Stanislas, will open its 2023-2024 season with Mozart‘s early opera, the great masterpiece Idomeneo, on 29 September 2023. In the meantime, the Opéra is organising a competition in partnership with Vitrines de Nancy. To take part, all you have to do is visit one of the participating […]

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Gaveau welcomes a committed pianist

The American pianist Kimball Gallagher will give a recital in Salle Gaveau on 12 June 2023, opening up new perceptions with a programme of classical music from Africa and Europe. Indeed, alongside works by Mozart and Chopin, original contemporary creations will be heard such as the compositions of Souhayl Guesmi, mixing piano, saxophone, nay (Tunisian […]

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Mozart has a new boss

The Mozarteumorchester Salzburg (the Mozart Foundation’s orchestra founded in 1841 by Constance Mozart, the divine composer’s wife) is getting a new music director. From the 2024-25 season, the Spanish conductor Roberto González-Monjas will preside over the destiny of the Austrian orchestra. A former student of the Mozarteum University, he admits to an interest in and […]