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
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 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.
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
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.
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.
Ballet Nice Méditerranée opens its 2022-23 season with Cassandra, choreographer Luciano Cannito’s contemporary take on the legend of the mythological heroine.
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.
This month, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo dedicates the opening performance of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Œil pour Œil to supporting the people of Ukraine.
Along with all of the cultural institutions of the Principality of Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra dedicates its concert of 8th April to the people of Ukraine, with all proceeds going to to the Monegasque Red Cross
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
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.