The famous Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago has just announced the titles of its 68th edition. Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Tosca and La Rondine are the operas scheduled to be performed on the stage of the Teatro all’aperto from July, 15th to August, 27th 2022. Book your tickets for Festival Puccini this summer here. […]
In Liège, it is already time to book your tickets for the highlight of the 2021-2022 season of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. As with Hamlet, Mignon, Ambroise Thomas’s other masterpiece, requires top-class performers. From 1st to 9th, April 2022, for her first visit to Liège, Stéphanie D’Oustrac is the ideal artist to perform as […]
Don’t miss the last performances of La Traviata with Opera a Palazzo. To celebrate the end of the year in style, Music & Opera invites you to attend a magnificent performance of Verdi’s La Traviata close to the artists. At the interval, we will offer you a tasting of caviar accompanied by a glass of […]
For the first time since 1750, Handel’s beautiful oratorio Theodora returns to London’s Royal Opera House. From 31 January to 16 February 2022, the legendary stage welcomes baroque music in style with a new production by Katie Mitchell. The brilliant stage director can count on an incredible cast including Joyce DiDonato, Julia Bullock and Jakub […]
The pink city is world famous for its gentle way of life, its rich cultural heritage and its incredible gastronomy. Its south side is occupied by the Theatre, for a long time one of the most renowned opera stages in France. The liveliness and intelligence of its programming place it among the most important theaters […]
Even if Parisians tend to think that the grass is always greener elsewhere in Europe, music lovers around the world will have their eyes on the French capital in December 2021 as the New Year celebrations are set to be particularly merry. Classical ballet excellence will be on stage at the Opéra Bastille with Don […]
Martha Argerich, the legendary pianist, has waited for Renaud Capuçon‘s proposal to perform Richard Strauss‘ Sonata for Violin and Piano for the very first time in her career. When asked why now? she replies: “Simply because I’ve never been asked before!” The concert will take place in Aix on 23 April 2022 at the Grand […]
The Palazzetto Bru Zane teams always delights music lovers with their many exciting rediscoveries of the 19th century French repertoire. Intense musicological work on Offenbach is bearing fruit on the stage with the exhumation of the complete original 1866 version (never heard before) of the Opéra-bouffe masterpiece, Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne. For the first time, […]
Tous à l’Opéra! The French event will fortunately take place this season 2020. On Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2020, the French opera houses open their doors to all Opera goers and curious. The event especially important this year is part of the World Opera Day. The wonderful mezzo Karine Deshayes is the godmother […]
All is not lost in Versailles ! Even if some brilliant performances have been canceled, the end of the 2019-2020 season is partly saved. Some recitals are postponed such as Jakub Józef Orlinski’s (scheduled on April 20, 2020 and postponed to December 14, 2020), Cecilia Bartoli’s (from March 30, 2020 to October 10, 2020) or […]
