The news would almost have gone unnoticed, but on 23 April 2023, after an acclaimed performance of Lohengrin in which she performed as Ortrud, the great Wagnerian soprano Nina Stemme was made an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera, a title that crowns an exemplary career… Your tickets for Nina Stemme’s performances […]
It seems that Iphigénie en Tauride, one of Gluck‘s great masterpieces, is enjoying a revival. After several fine productions, it is now the Opéra Comédie de Montpellier that is hosting the lyrical tragedy from 19 to 23 April 2023, directed by Rafael R. Villalobos. After the great success of Hamlet at the Opéra national de […]
The popular Gustavo Dudamel, current music director of the Paris National Opéra, has just been officially appointed to lead the New York Philharmonic where he is expected in 2025-26 to start his first real season 2026-27. He will be the first Hispanic principal conductor since the orchestra was founded in 1842. The Venezuelan conductor who […]
Shakespeare’s mythical couple to be celebrated on Valentine’s Day, Romeo and Juliet were immortalised by the Prokofiev’s ballet and above all by Charles Gounod’s opera, his masterpieces. Several productions have been announced for 2023, such as in Savonlinna, where they will be a ménage à quatre with Lisette Oropesa and Marjukka Tepponen as Juliette and […]
While the Bozar in Brussels opens the ball of the Rachmaninov 2023 festivities (on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth), the Opernhaus Zürich and the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich are joining forces for a concert cycle that begins on 12 February 2023, at the Opera House. The Piano Concerto No. 3 will be performed […]
The Grands Interprètes series is spoiling its audiences in Toulouse by inviting some big names in April 2023. On 4 April, the Halle aux Grains welcomes the prestigious Budapest Festival Orchestra and its legendary conductor Iván Fischer for a Dohnányi, Strauss and Bartók concert with the star violinist Renaud Capuçon. Fans should not miss the […]
Renowned for its interpretations of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies (by Joseph Keilberth or recently Jonhatan Nott), the Bamberger Symphoniker is getting ready to host the seventh edition of the prestigious international competition for young conductors under 35 years old. Like the previous winners Gustavo Dudamel and Lahav Shani, the young conductors will compete for the first […]
New productions punctuate the 2022-2023 season of the Deutsche Oper Berlin with some highly anticipated operas. From 18 March 2023, Richard Strauss’s beautiful Arabella will be portrayed by Rachel Willis-Sørensen, the rising star of the sopranos. Donald Runnicles, the German institution’s artistic director, is conducting the production by Tobias Kratzer, who is back after his […]
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 production of Jacques Offenbach‘s Le Voyage dans la lune by Laurent Pelly is finally coming to the Opéra Comique, with performances from 24 January to 3 February 2023. After the huge success of Lakmé, the director returns to the Salle Favart with the multi-talented Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique led by Franck Leguérinel who […]
