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Monte-Carlo Opera Honours Raoul Gunsbourg with ‘The Damnation of Faust’

November 4, 2022

This year marks the centenary of the death of Prince Albert I of Monaco, and appropriately, Monte-Carlo Opera pays tribute to one of its early directors, Raoul Gunsbourg, who was appointed to this role by Prince Albert I in 1892

New Production of Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula’ for Nice Opera’s Season Opener

GILLY LLOYD

October 25, 2022

Arts & Culture

Nice Opera opens the 2022-23 opera season with Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula, a co-production between the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Semperoper Dresden, Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur and New York’s Metropolitan Opera.

Plasson & Nice Philharmonic Celebrate Franck Bicentennial

GILLY LLOYD

October 10, 2022

Arts & Culture

This week, internationally renowned conductor Michel Plasson leads the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra in a special concert to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of French composer, César Franck.

Nice Ballet Takes Contemporary Look at Legend of Cassandra

GILLY LLOYD

August 22, 2022

Arts & Culture

Ballet Nice Méditerranée opens its 2022-23 season with Cassandra, choreographer Luciano Cannito’s contemporary take on the legend of the mythological heroine.

‘Soirée 3 chorégraphes’ Closes Monte-Carlo Ballets’ ‘L’Été Danse!’

GILLY LLOYD

July 6, 2022

Arts & Culture

The final production of Monte-Carlo Ballet’s summer dance programme, L’Été Danse!, is a triple bill entitled Soirée 3 chorégraphes, which features works by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jirí Kylián and Mats Ek.

Nice Philharmonic Closes Season with Bringuier and Moreau

GILLY LLOYD

June 10, 2022

Arts & Culture

The Nice Philharmonic Orchestra brings the 2021/22 season to a close with a programme of music by Smetana, Tchaikovsky and Dvořák.

Nice Opera Stages Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’

GILLY LLOYD

May 12, 2022

Arts & Culture

The pen of William Shakespeare has been a wonderful source of material for the arts, not least the creators of opera.

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Dedicates Opening Performance of Œil pour Œil to the people of Ukraine

GILLY LLOYD

April 14, 2022

Arts & Culture

This month, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo dedicates the opening performance of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Œil pour Œil to supporting the people of Ukraine.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo photo AJ Vinaj

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Stages Concert in Support of Ukraine

GILLY LLOYD

April 4, 2022

Arts & Culture

Along with all of the cultural institutions of the Principality of Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra dedicates its concert of 8th April to the people of Ukraine, with all proceeds going to to the Monegasque Red Cross

A Preview of this Year’s Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo

GILLY LLOYD

March 4, 2022

Arts & Culture

Under the artistic direction of composer Bruno Mantovani, and with illustrious pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in residence, this year’s Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo has a wealth of wonderful performances on offer

An Embarrassment of Cultural Riches on the Riviera this Month

GILLY LLOYD

February 10, 2022

Arts & Culture

This month, Nice Opera and Monte-Carlo Opera stage two very different productions - Jacques Offenbach’s Le voyage dans la lune in Nice while Monte-Carlo Opera stages Massenet’s Werther.