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Nice Opera Stages Updated Version of Puccini’s ‘La bohème’

May 25, 2023

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

GILLY LLOYD

May 8, 2023

Arts & Culture

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

GILLY LLOYD

April 4, 2023

Arts & Culture

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

GILLY LLOYD

March 1, 2023

Arts & Culture

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

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February 11, 2023

Arts & Culture

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

GILLY LLOYD

January 17, 2023

Arts & Culture

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

GILLY LLOYD

January 14, 2023

Arts & Culture

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’

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December 20, 2022

Arts & Culture

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’

GILLY LLOYD

December 1, 2022

Arts & Culture

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’

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November 4, 2022

Arts & Culture

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

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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

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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

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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.

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Nice Opera Stages Updated Version of Puccini’s ‘La bohème’

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Dvořák

Opéra de Monte-Carlo Presents Il barbiere di Siviglia

Printemps des Arts Celebrates the Performing Arts in Monte-Carlo

Nice Opera Presents Lucia di Lammermoor

Cecilia Bartoli Stars in Handel’s ‘Alcina’ at Monte-Carlo Opera

Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ Opens 2023 for Nice Opera

Monte-Carlo Ballet Closes the Year with Maillot’s ‘Faust’

Monte-Carlo Opera Stages Delibes’ ‘Lakmé’

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

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

Plasson & Nice Philharmonic Celebrate Franck Bicentennial

Nice Ballet Takes Contemporary Look at Legend of Cassandra

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

Nice Philharmonic Closes Season with Bringuier and Moreau

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