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Author GILLY LLOYD

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GILLY LLOYD

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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

Michel Plasson

Plasson & Nice Philharmonic Celebrate Franck Bicentennial

GILLY LLOYD
10 October, 2022
Arts & Culture
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.
Cassandra Nice Ballet

Nice Ballet Takes Contemporary Look at Legend of Cassandra

GILLY LLOYD
22 August, 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.
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‘Soirée 3 chorégraphes’ Closes Monte-Carlo Ballets’ ‘L’Été Danse!’

GILLY LLOYD
6 July, 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 2022

Nice Philharmonic Closes Season with Bringuier and Moreau

GILLY LLOYD
10 June, 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.
Macbeth Opéra de Nice Côte d'Azur

Nice Opera Stages Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’

GILLY LLOYD
12 May, 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
14 April, 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
4 April, 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
JE BAVOUZET PHOTO BY B EALOVEGA

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

GILLY LLOYD
4 March, 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
Le Voyage dans le lune Nice Opera

An Embarrassment of Cultural Riches on the Riviera this Month

GILLY LLOYD
10 February, 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.
Il turco in Italia Opera de Monte-Carlo

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

GILLY LLOYD
16 January, 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
Don Quichotte Opéra de Nice

Ballet on the Riviera this Christmas

GILLY LLOYD
7 December, 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
8 November, 2021
Arts & Culture
Both the Nice and Monte-Carlo opera companies open their 2021-22 season this month - with two very different works.
Black Dances Matter Nice

New Ballet Seasons Open in Nice and Monte-Carlo

GILLY LLOYD
11 October, 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.
OPMC 2021/22 Season

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Opens New Season with Beethoven

GILLY LLOYD
17 September, 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
Photo by Alice Blangero

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

GILLY LLOYD
11 July, 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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