Since taking over the venue, the Opera a Palazzo troupe is planning two evenings of celebration, on 30 and 31 December 2023, in the enchanting setting of the Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris. A performance of Verdi’s La Traviata on the 30th (as well as on 15 and 29 December) will be followed by […]
While performances of Pascal Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld have just ended at the Opéra Comique, its director Thomas Jolly is not leaving the Salle Favart, as the production of Offenbach’s Fantasio will be revived from 13 to 23 December 2023. Premiered in 2017 at the Théâtre du Châtelet during the renovation of the Opéra-Comique, this production […]
As she prepares to perform in Sydney in the concert hall of Jørn Utzon’s famous Opera House on 9-11 November 2023, legendary violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has chosen music by John Williams. The immortal composer of music for Star Wars, Jaws and Shindler’s List has specially written a concerto for the exceptional artist who commissioned it. […]
Today, 25 October 2023 is World Opera Day. It’s a special day for the opera world and for Music & Opera, even if, happily, it’s Opera Day for all music lovers! Find all the operas of the 2023/2024 season
From 9 November to 3 December 2023, the Zurich opera house will be staging Götterdämmerung, Twilight of the Gods, the final part of Wagner‘s famous Nibelungen Ring tetralogy. Other performances of the complete cycle are scheduled at the Opernhaus in May 2024, but another Ring event has been announced for Berlin during the Festtage at […]
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 […]
Since the announcement of Daniel Barenboim‘s illness and then his retirement as director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the news had been expected. Christian Thielemann will take over the reins of Berlin’s historic opera house from September 2024. As the German conductor’s contract as Music Director of the Dresden Staatskapelle comes to an end […]
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 […]
Laurent Pelly‘s superb production thrilled audiences at the Opéra Comique in Paris, and now Lakmé, Léo Delibes’s absolute masterpiece, is on the bill at the Opéra de Nice for three exceptional performances on 29 September, 1 and 3 October 2023 with a new cast. Kathryn Lewek, who made a big impression last season in Donizetti’s […]
The Palazzetto Bru Zane has been accustomed to rediscoveries for almost fifteen years now, but the announcement of the programme for the 10th edition of its Festival in Paris (from 19 June to 4 July 2023) is still surprising. On the programme, the rare Grisélidis by Jules Massenet, created in 1901 at the Opéra-Comique, will […]
