Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Opens New Season with Mahler
In the year which celebrates the centenary of the birth of Prince Rainier III, Kazuki Yamada leads the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in the opening concert of the 2023-24 season.
The 2023 Series of Concerts at the Prince’s Palace, Monaco
The summer season of Concerts at the Prince’s Palace opens in the Principality of Monaco this month.
Nice Opera Stages Updated Version of Puccini’s ‘La bohème’
In this updated version of Puccini’s much-loved opera for Nice Opera, director Kristian Frédric has brought the setting of La bohème forward to the 1990s - a time at which the AIDS epidemic, as opposed to consumption, was shattering both lives and dreams.
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Dvořák
This week, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, led by Cornelius Meister, plays the Violin Concerto by Sir Edward Elgar - with Frank Peter Zimmerman as soloist - and Dvořák’s Symphony No 6 in a concert with the subtitle Pride and Dignity.
Opéra de Monte-Carlo Presents Il barbiere di Siviglia
A beautiful lady, two suitors and a town barber who misses nothing - what could possibly go wrong? Plenty, it seems, as Monte-Carlo Opera presents Gioachino Rossini’s hugely popular Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Printemps des Arts Celebrates the Performing Arts in Monte-Carlo
This year’s celebration of the performing arts in Monte-Carlo - Printemps des Arts - takes place from 8th March to 2nd April
Nice Opera Presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Against a backdrop of vocal brilliance, powerful emotions and internecine battles, Lucia di Lammermoor has all the makings of a highly dramatic opera.
Cecilia Bartoli Stars in Handel’s ‘Alcina’ at Monte-Carlo Opera
As of this year, Cecilia Bartoli takes over the role of director of Monte-Carlo Opera - the first woman to hold this position in the history of this opera house
Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ Opens 2023 for Nice Opera
Nice Opera has selected Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, for its first production of 2023.
Monte-Carlo Ballet Closes the Year with Maillot’s ‘Faust’
For the final production of the year, Jean-Christophe Maillot and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo have selected a work which was first staged in Monaco in 2007 - Maillot’s interpretation of the story of Faust
Monte-Carlo Opera Stages Delibes’ ‘Lakmé’
Monte-Carlo Opera presents Léo Delibes’ Lakmé - an opera set in a location both exotic and beautiful, with mysterious religious rituals, and the added intrigue of Western colonials living in a foreign country.
Monte-Carlo Opera Honours Raoul Gunsbourg with ‘The Damnation of Faust’
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
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
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
Ballet Nice Méditerranée opens its 2022-23 season with Cassandra, choreographer Luciano Cannito’s contemporary take on the legend of the mythological heroine.