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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

New Production of Massenet’s Werther for Nice Opera

GILLY LLOYD
21 May, 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.
Photo © Bruno de Lavanère

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

GILLY LLOYD
13 April, 2021
Arts & Culture
Modest Mussorgsky’s magnificent historical opera, Boris Godunov, opens this month at the Salle Garnier in Monaco
162-10. I Lombardi Teatro Regio di Parma 2003 copyright Roberto Ricci-lead

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

GILLY LLOYD
18 March, 2021
Arts & Culture
In a premiere production for Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Opera stages Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata.
Festival Printemps des Arts

Monte-Carlo Welcomes Back its Festival Printemps des Arts

GILLY LLOYD
8 March, 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
16 February, 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'
Thaïs Opéra de Monte-Carlo

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

GILLY LLOYD
17 January, 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...
Cinderella by Alice Blangero

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Celebrates Maillot’s 60th

GILLY LLOYD
12 December, 2020
Arts & Culture
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
Photo by Osama Elsayed

Opéra de Nice Presents Philip Glass’s ‘Akhnaten’ Online

GILLY LLOYD
26 November, 2020
Arts & Culture
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur has opened the 2020/21 season with a spectacular work - the opera Akhnaten by contemporary composer Philip Glass
Altro Canto by Alice Blangero

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Launches Winter Season with Two Works by Maillot

GILLY LLOYD
2 October, 2020
Arts & Culture
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo present the first programme of their Winter Season in Monaco, showcasing two works by Jean-Christophe Maillot
Oceana performance by Dominique Jaussein

Ballet Nice Opens New Season at Théâtre de Verdure

GILLY LLOYD
6 September, 2020
Arts & Culture
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
TEATRO ANTICO DI TAORMINA

‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ Opens Sicily’s Festival dei Teatri di Pietra

GILLY LLOYD
27 July, 2020
Arts & Culture
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.
CORO LIRICO SIICLIANO

Chorus of the Sicilian Opera Makes its Mark on the National and International Stage

GILLY LLOYD
1 June, 2020
Arts & Culture
The Chorus of the Sicilian Opera is most certainly making its mark on the musical, theatrical, operatic and symphonic output of the island of Sicily
Casse-Noisette Compagnie

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Screens Casse-Noisette Compagnie

GILLY LLOYD
14 April, 2020
Arts & Culture
In a welcome initiative at a time when all theatrical productions have had to be cancelled, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo - in association with Monaco Info and France 3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur - are screening Jean-Christophe Maillot’s acclaimed production of Casse-Noisette Compagnie.
Queen of Spades by Esteban Lopez

Nice Opera Presents Tchaikovsky’s Masterpiece – The Queen of Spades

GILLY LLOYD
18 February, 2020
Arts & Culture
A new production of Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece, The Queen of Spades, is in rehearsal at Nice Opera
Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli to Become New Director of Monte-Carlo Opera

GILLY LLOYD
22 January, 2020
Arts & Culture
Monte-Carlo Opera has announced that Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will become the first female Director of the Company when she succeeds Jean-Louis Grinda in 2023
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