While enjoying an exemplary career, the young French pianist Jonathan Fournel (winner of the 2021 Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Music Competition) is continuing his meteoric rise. After a recent recital at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the holy of holies of concert halls, he returns to Beethoven at the Concertgebouw in Bruges this time, with […]
The great conductor Franz Welser-Möst, former Music Director of the Vienna Opera and current Principal Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, will not be making his comeback as expected. Stricken with cancer, he has just undergone surgery, which now requires rest and treatment. He is therefore forced to cancel his engagements until the end of the […]
Dialogues des Carmélites becomes a permanent fixture in the repertoire of major opera houses. Two new productions are expected in Vienna and Liège. Francis Poulenc‘s great masterpiece, which was last performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1964, returns from 21 May 2023, this time with a new production by Magdalena Fuchsberger in which Sabine […]
At the end of a performance of Tosca in which he performed as the terrifying Scarpia, the warm Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott received a fine tribute from the Wiener Staatsoper. The leading Austrian opera house and one of the most prestigious in Europe has named him Kammersänger, an honour that rewards a fine career and […]
The superstar soprano from all over the world has just undergone emergency shoulder surgery, leading to cancellations and a chain reaction. She was due to perform Verdi’s Nabucco at the Vienna State Opera in November, fortunatly Saioa Hernández and María José Siri have been called in to replace her. However, fans and her many admirers […]
A lot of artists encounter many difficulties of movement as the great mezzo Agnes Baltsa who had to cancel her song recital at the Vienna Opera, on September 29, 2020. The evening is nevertheless maintained starring now Jonas Kaufmann. The tenor superstar and his partner, the pianist Helmut Deutsch will perform songs and Lieder by […]
Ludovic Tézier, one of the greatest baritones of his generation (or shall we say « the best! »), performs at the Vienna State Opera from November 25th to December 4th, 2019 as the glamourous noble man vilain, Mozart’s Don Giovanni staged by Jean-Louis Martinoty. Unexpectedly, M&O has not one thousand and three but the last […]
