Monte-Carlo Opera Presents Rossini’s ‘Il turco in Italia’
Love, infidelity and comedic drama are in the air in Gioachino Rossini’s ‘Il turco in Italia’, to be staged by Monte-Carlo Opera this month
Ballet on the Riviera this Christmas
Ballet on the Riviera this month features Ballet Nice Méditerranée’s Don Quichotte and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s Casse-Noisette Compagnie
New Opera Season Opens on the Riviera
Both the Nice and Monte-Carlo opera companies open their 2021-22 season this month - with two very different works.
New Ballet Seasons Open in Nice and Monte-Carlo
The month of October sees the opening of the 2021-22 ballet seasons in both Nice and Monte-Carlo. We take a look at the opening works.
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Opens New Season with Beethoven
Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Kazuki Yamada leads the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in a rousing opening to the 2021-22 season with music by Beethoven
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Presents ‘L’Été Danse!’
L’Été Danse! (Summer Dance) is Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s summer celebration of the joy of dance, and this year it falls into two programmes - Soirée “Créations” and Danse et Musique “Live”.
Thibaudet Plays Ravel with Bringuier and Nice Philharmonic
The Nice Philharmonic Orchestra presents a performance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major and Bizet’s Symphony in C this June
New Production of Massenet’s Werther for Nice Opera
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur stages a new version of Jules Massenet’s four-act lyric opera Werther in the first week of June.
New Production of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov for Monte-Carlo Opera
Modest Mussorgsky’s magnificent historical opera, Boris Godunov, opens this month at the Salle Garnier in Monaco
Opéra Monte-Carlo stages ‘I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata’
In a premiere production for Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Opera stages Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata.
Monte-Carlo Welcomes Back its Festival Printemps des Arts
It’s good news indeed to hear that the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo is taking place this year, but due to the pandemic, with a changed format.
Cecilia Bartoli stars in Monte-Carlo Opera’s Production of ‘Le Comte Ory’
Cecilia Bartoli stars as the Countess Adèle de Formoutiers, in the Opera de Monte-Carlo premiere performance of Rossini’s comic opera 'Le Comte Ory'
Monte-Carlo Opera Brings New Production of Massenet’s ‘Thaïs’ to the Salle Garnier
Monte-Carlo Opera’s first production of 2021 is a new staging of Jules Massenet’s relatively unknown opera Thaïs - last seen in the Principality in February 1950.
Starring Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka (pictur...
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Celebrates Maillot’s 60th
December is a festive month in Monaco in more ways than one, as Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo celebrates the 60th birthday of Choreographer-Director Jean-Christophe Maillot
Opéra de Nice Presents Philip Glass’s ‘Akhnaten’ Online
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur has opened the 2020/21 season with a spectacular work - the opera Akhnaten by contemporary composer Philip Glass