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Gilly Lloyd is a journalist, copy and creative writer, and editor of Preview, as well as a contributor to the Arts section of Examiner.com

Ma Bayadère by Jean-Christophe Maillot for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo - photo © Alice Blangero

Monte-Carlo Ballet presents J C Maillot’s Ma Bayadère

GILLY LLOYD
11 November, 2025
Arts & Culture
This Christmas, Monte-Carlo Ballet presents Ma Bayadère, a reinterpretation of Marius Petipa’s La Bayadère, one of the great ballets of the classical repertoire. 
Verdi's Aïda - photo courtesy Opéra de Monate-Carlo

Monte-Carlo Opera Stages Verdi’s Aïda

GILLY LLOYD
5 October, 2025
Arts & Culture
Monte-Carlo Opera stages one of the most popular operas in the repertoire - Giuseppe Verdi’s Aïda. 
SATYAGRAHA - Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur - Photo © Ann Ray (cropped)

Nice Opera Opens New Season with Philip Glass’ Satyagraha

GILLY LLOYD
14 September, 2025
Arts & Culture
Satyagraha, Philip Glass’s account of Mahatma Gandhi’s early years in South Africa, opens the Nice Opera 2025/26 season.  
OPMC Concert d'ouverture - photo credit Direction de la Communication © Frédéric Nebinger

Kazuki Yamada and Pablo Ferrández Open New Season in Monte-Carlo 

GILLY LLOYD
1 September, 2025
Arts & Culture
The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra opens the 2025-26 season with a programme of music by Saint-Saëns and Richard Strauss.
The Kor’sia Company to perform at Monte-Carlo Ballet

Monte-Carlo Ballet Closes Season with Two Premieres

GILLY LLOYD
1 July, 2025
Arts & Culture
Monte-Carlo Ballet closes the 2024/2025 season with two contemporary ballets - one created for  the Company by Lukáš Timulak, and the other for the Kor’sia Ballet by Antonio de Rosa & Mattia Russo.
Palais Princier Monaco Photo by Alex BASTELLO courtesy oPMC

Summer Concerts at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco

GILLY LLOYD
13 June, 2025
Arts & Culture
The height of summer means that once again the annual series of Concerts at the Prince’s Palace, Monaco, takes place in the magical setting of the Courtyard of Honour.
Carmen via Nice Opera

Nice Opera Closes the Season with Bizet’s Carmen

GILLY LLOYD
8 May, 2025
Arts & Culture
In a coproduction with the Anthéa Theatre of Antibes, Nice Opera stages Georges Bizet’s opera-comique, Carmen
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

Balanchine, Ratmansky and Goecke for Monte-Carlo Ballet

GILLY LLOYD
16 April, 2025
Arts & Culture
Monte-Carlo Ballet takes to the stage this month with a three-part programme which closes the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo festival.
The Barber of Seville Nice Opera

New Production of Le barbier de Séville for Nice Opera

GILLY LLOYD
10 April, 2025
Arts & Culture
Nice Opera stages a new production of Giachino Rossini’s Le barbier de Séville (The Barber of Seville), with a cast led by Rossinians Lilly Jørstad, Dave Monaco and Gurgen Baveyan.
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo credit Sasha Gusov OPMC

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Pays Tribute to Maurice Ravel

GILLY LLOYD
20 March, 2025
Arts & Culture
In collaboration with the Festival Printemps des Arts, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra pays tribute to the music of Maurice Ravel - the 150th anniversary of whose birth is celebrated this month.
Printemps des Arts 2025

Highlights of the 2025 Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo

GILLY LLOYD
28 February, 2025
Arts & Culture
This year, Monte-Carlo’s Printemps des Arts festival pays tribute to French composer, conductor and essayist Pierre Boulez.
L'or du Rhin Opéra de Monte-Carlo

New production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold for Monte-Carlo Opera

GILLY LLOYD
8 February, 2025
Arts & Culture
Monte-Carlo Opera stages Das Rheingold, the first part of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle tetragology, in a new production by Davide Livermore.
La clemenza di Tito - Opéra de Monye-Carlo

Monte-Carlo Opera Stages Mozart’s ‘La clemenza di Tito’

GILLY LLOYD
14 January, 2025
Arts & Culture
As part of the Mozart à Monaco festival, Monte-Carlo Opera stages a new production of Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, in a coproduction with the Royal Danish Opera and Hamburg Staatsoper
Photo © Vincent Pontet

Nice Opera Presents the Magic of Mozart’s ‘La flûte enchantée’

GILLY LLOYD
11 January, 2025
Arts & Culture
Nice Opera presents a new production of what is regarded as one of the most popular works in the history of opera - Mozart’s La flûte enchantée (The Magic Flute).

Vittorio Grigolo stars in Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s ‘L’elisir d’amore’

GILLY LLOYD
12 December, 2024
Arts & Culture
From Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s tribute to Puccini last month comes one of Gaetano Donizetti’s relatively few comedy operas, L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love)
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