An Embarrassment of Cultural Riches on the Riviera this Month
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.
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 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.
Not-to-be-missed Cultural Performances in Monaco
Discover the best not-to-be-missed cultural performances in Monaco guaranteed to help you see out 2021 in style, from recitals to masked balls. Read more.
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
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
Cecilia Bartoli to Become New Director of Monte-Carlo Opera
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
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
Monaco celebrates National Day with Opening of Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
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.
Monte-Carlo and Nice Opera pay Homage to French Composers at Season Opening
It’s opera season again on the Côte d’Azur, and both Monte-Carlo Opera and Opera Nice open their 2018-19 programmes with works by French composers.
José Cura Stars in Monte-Carlo Opera’s Production of Peter Grimes
The drama and tragedy of Benjamin Britten’s operatic masterpiece, Peter Grimes, is brought to the Riviera this month by Monte-Carlo Opera - with internationally renowned tenor José Cura in the title role.
Juan Diego Flórez sings for Monte-Carlo Opera
The new year gets off to a grand start for Monte-Carlo Opera this month, with a production of Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, starring the charismatic Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez.