GILLY LLOYD

A Preview of this Year’s Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo

March 4, 2022

Under the artistic direction of composer Bruno Mantovani, and with illustrious pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in residence, this year’s Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo has a wealth of wonderful performances on offer

An Embarrassment of Cultural Riches on the Riviera this Month

GILLY LLOYD

February 10, 2022

Arts & Culture

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’

GILLY LLOYD

January 16, 2022

Arts & Culture

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

GILLY LLOYD

December 7, 2021

Arts & Culture

Ballet on the Riviera this month features Ballet Nice Méditerranée’s Don Quichotte and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s Casse-Noisette Compagnie

New Opera Season Opens on the Riviera

GILLY LLOYD

November 8, 2021

Arts & Culture

Both the Nice and Monte-Carlo opera companies open their 2021-22 season this month - with two very different works.

New Ballet Seasons Open in Nice and Monte-Carlo

GILLY LLOYD

October 11, 2021

Arts & Culture

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.

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Opens New Season with Beethoven

GILLY LLOYD

September 17, 2021

Arts & Culture

Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Kazuki Yamada leads the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in a rousing opening to the 2021-22 season with music by Beethoven

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Presents ‘L’Été Danse!’

GILLY LLOYD

July 11, 2021

Arts & Culture

L’Été Danse! (Summer Dance) is Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s summer celebration of the joy of dance, and this year it falls into two programmes - Soirée “Créations” and Danse et Musique “Live”.

Thibaudet Plays Ravel with Bringuier and Nice Philharmonic

GILLY LLOYD

June 11, 2021

Arts & Culture

The Nice Philharmonic Orchestra presents a performance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major and Bizet’s Symphony in C this June

New Production of Massenet’s Werther for Nice Opera

GILLY LLOYD

May 21, 2021

Arts & Culture

Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur stages a new version of Jules Massenet’s four-act lyric opera Werther in the first week of June.

New Production of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov for Monte-Carlo Opera

GILLY LLOYD

April 13, 2021

Arts & Culture

Modest Mussorgsky’s magnificent historical opera, Boris Godunov, opens this month at the Salle Garnier in Monaco

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Opéra Monte-Carlo stages ‘I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata’

GILLY LLOYD

March 18, 2021

Arts & Culture

In a premiere production for Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Opera stages Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata.

Monte-Carlo Welcomes Back its Festival Printemps des Arts

GILLY LLOYD

March 8, 2021

Arts & Culture

It’s good news indeed to hear that the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo is taking place this year, but due to the pandemic, with a changed format.

Cecilia Bartoli stars in Monte-Carlo Opera’s Production of ‘Le Comte Ory’

GILLY LLOYD

February 16, 2021

Arts & Culture

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

GILLY LLOYD

January 17, 2021

Arts & Culture

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...

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A Preview of this Year’s Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo

An Embarrassment of Cultural Riches on the Riviera this Month

Monte-Carlo Opera Presents Rossini’s ‘Il turco in Italia’

Ballet on the Riviera this Christmas

New Opera Season Opens on the Riviera

New Ballet Seasons Open in Nice and Monte-Carlo

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Opens New Season with Beethoven

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Presents ‘L’Été Danse!’

Thibaudet Plays Ravel with Bringuier and Nice Philharmonic

New Production of Massenet’s Werther for Nice Opera

New Production of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov for Monte-Carlo Opera

Opéra Monte-Carlo stages ‘I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata’

Monte-Carlo Welcomes Back its Festival Printemps des Arts

Cecilia Bartoli stars in Monte-Carlo Opera’s Production of ‘Le Comte Ory’

Monte-Carlo Opera Brings New Production of Massenet’s ‘Thaïs’ to the Salle Garnier

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