Arts &amp; Culture

February 25, 2020

Taking on one of the most visionary novels ever written takes guts, and even more so in 2020 when fiction has very nearly become reality.

Nice Opera Presents Tchaikovsky’s Masterpiece – The Queen of Spades

February 18, 2020

A new production of Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece, The Queen of Spades, is in rehearsal at Nice Opera

Cecilia Bartoli to Become New Director of Monte-Carlo Opera

January 22, 2020

Monte-Carlo Opera has announced that Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will become the first female Director of the Company when she succeeds Jean-Louis Grinda in 2023

Monte-Carlo Opera Rings in the New Year with La Bohème

January 13, 2020

One of the world’s best-loved operas, Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, will bring some of the most beautiful music ever written to Monte-Carlo this month

Felicien Chauveau’s Take on Sherlock Holmes: So British (even in French!)

January 11, 2020

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s canon of four books and 56 original stories about the “consulting detective” wasn’t enough for Collectif La Machine, so they added on to it...

The Best of Ballet this December in Nice and Monte-Carlo

December 16, 2019

Jerome Robbins, Gene Kelly and Jean-Christophe Maillot - three diverse and well-known choreographic names to conjure with, and three masters of their art whose creations will be performed on the Riviera this Christmas.

“Mes Silences du Maghreb”: Peaceful Stillness Speaks Volumes

December 14, 2019

French author Sarasvati Devi’s new poetry and photo book explores the beauty of tranquility and the eloquence of silence

Cie. Miranda’s Cyrano de Bergerac: A Silent Movie on a Stage

November 20, 2019

Think the most-performed play in French theatre history cannot possibly be reinterpreted? Théâtre de la Cité director Thierry Surace and his resident company prove otherwise

50 Years of TNN – Bridging Past, Present and Future

November 15, 2019

The venerable Théâtre National de Nice is celebrating a milestone birthday this year. Reason to pause and reflect on its turbulent history.

Monaco celebrates National Day with Opening of Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

November 12, 2019

In celebration of Monaco’s National Day on 19th November, Monte-Carlo Opera opens its new season with Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor the weekend before.

A Glorious Past, a Radiant Future: Théâtre Francis Gag Turns 30

October 12, 2019

There may be larger or more prominent theatres in and around Nice but none is as beloved as the popular theatre that bears the name of one of the city’s all-time great.

World Premiere for Ballet Nice in Triple Bill

October 11, 2019

Ballet Nice Méditerranée presents Julien Guérin’s Demons et merveilles, Roland Petit’s Le Rendez-vous, and Vespertine by Liam Scarlett

Irina Brook Opens Vienna Opera Season with Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream

September 26, 2019