GILLY LLOYD

Plasson & Nice Philharmonic Celebrate Franck Bicentennial

October 10, 2022

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

GILLY LLOYD

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

GILLY LLOYD

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.

Nice Opera Stages Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’

GILLY LLOYD

May 12, 2022

Arts & Culture

The pen of William Shakespeare has been a wonderful source of material for the arts, not least the creators of opera.

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Dedicates Opening Performance of Œil pour Œil to the people of Ukraine

GILLY LLOYD

April 14, 2022

Arts & Culture

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.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo photo AJ Vinaj

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Stages Concert in Support of Ukraine

GILLY LLOYD

April 4, 2022

Arts & Culture

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

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

GILLY LLOYD

March 4, 2022

Arts & Culture

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”.

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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

Nice Opera Stages Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Dedicates Opening Performance of Œil pour Œil to the people of Ukraine

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Stages Concert in Support of Ukraine

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!’

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