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.
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Opens New Season with Beethoven
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!’
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
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
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
Modest Mussorgsky’s magnificent historical opera, Boris Godunov, opens this month at the Salle Garnier in Monaco
Opéra Monte-Carlo stages ‘I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata’
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
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’
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.
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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
Opéra de Nice Presents Philip Glass’s ‘Akhnaten’ Online
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur has opened the 2020/21 season with a spectacular work - the opera Akhnaten by contemporary composer Philip Glass
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Launches Winter Season with Two Works by Maillot
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo present the first programme of their Winter Season in Monaco, showcasing two works by Jean-Christophe Maillot
Ballet Nice Opens New Season at Théâtre de Verdure
At a time when audiences are longing to attend a live performance, Ballet Nice Méditerranée has, appropriately, selected a triptych of popular works with which to treat lovers of dance this month
‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ Opens Sicily’s Festival dei Teatri di Pietra
The 2020 summer programme of the Festival dei Teatri di Pietra (Opera Festival of Stone Theatres) opens in Sicily this week with a production of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana at the Ancient Theatre of Taormina.