The legendary baritone Leo Nucci, turned to a stage director when he was 77, will see his production of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera revived at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, from 27 January to 5 February 2023. Impossible loves, betrayals, plots, magic potions and inexorable destiny will be sung on stage by a […]
The great baroque conductor Christophe Rousset, who is very much on top of his game at the head of his Talens Lyriques, is conducting a complete set of Schubert’s symphonies at the Théâtre du Châtelet in three concerts, on 27 January 2023 (Symphonies Nos. 2, 4 & 6), 29 January (Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 & […]
While the Chorégies d’Orange is focusing on her Carmen this summer, Marie-Nicole Lemieux will first enchant the Philharmonie de Paris on 9 January 2023, with the ensemble Les Épopées (then on 11 January at Bozar in Brussels). They present their new programme entitled ‘Enchantress’, in which the superb mezzo tackles the great tragic heroines such […]
The Berliner Philharmoniker, which is in residence in Baden-Baden every season for the famous Osterfestspiele, has announced some changes in the programme for the tenth edition, which will be held from 1 to 10 April 2023. Richard Strauss’s opera Die Frau ohne Schatten, which is at the heart of the season, requires a large number […]
For the sixth time, Oper Frankfurt has been named Opera House of the Year by the leading German magazine Opernwelt. The journalists singled out the institution for a particularly innovative and courageously planned season and outstanding productions such as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov‘s rare opera Christmas Eve directed by Christof Loy. A good reason to visit Frankfurt! […]
The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, which is opening a great season with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, is launching the residency of the ensemble Les Siècles and its prestigious conductor, François-Xavier Roth. The orchestra, which performs on historical instruments, will be performing three symphonic concerts, one staged opera, one opera in concert version and two concerts for […]
Julien Chauvin, the Concert de la Loge and the Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, in partnership with the CMBV, are mobilising to revive C. W. Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide, first in Soissons (on 2 October 2022 at the Cité de la musique et de la danse de Soissons as part of the […]
The 32nd season 2022-2023 of Philippe Maillard Productions gives voice to countertenors with numerous concerts in Paris which will see Alexander Chance (5/10), Reginald Mobley (7/11), Tim Mead (16/11), Valer Sabadus (12/12), Hugh Cutting (30/01), Paul Figuier (6/03) or Andreas Scholl (24/01) on the occasion of his 30 years of career! Book your tickets […]
Famous for its exceptional acoustics, the Philharmonie de Paris welcomes all sounds and even the cries of animals. It is a fantastic bestiary, both visual and aural, that is exhibited from 20 September 2022 to 29 January 2023. In a playful and sumptuous setting, MUSICANIMALE offers a journey of 150 works and art objects organised […]
As the Czech Republic takes over the presidency of the European Union for six months in July 2022, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels is taking advantage of this to highlight Czech artists and composers in its 2022-2023 season. Nine musical events will be held during which Jan Kučera and the Prague Philharmonia, the Pavel […]
