Cecilia Bartoli to Become New Director of Monte-Carlo Opera
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
Monte-Carlo Opera Rings in the New Year with La Bohème
One of the world’s best-loved operas, Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, will bring some of the most beautiful music ever written to Monte-Carlo this month
The Best of Ballet this December in Nice and Monte-Carlo
Jerome Robbins, Gene Kelly and Jean-Christophe Maillot - three diverse and well-known choreographic names to conjure with, and three masters of their art whose creations will be performed on the Riviera this Christmas.
Monaco celebrates National Day with Opening of Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
In celebration of Monaco’s National Day on 19th November, Monte-Carlo Opera opens its new season with Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor the weekend before.
World Premiere for Ballet Nice in Triple Bill
Ballet Nice Méditerranée presents Julien Guérin’s Demons et merveilles, Roland Petit’s Le Rendez-vous, and Vespertine by Liam Scarlett
‘L’ombre et la Lumière’ the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra’s Opening Concert
he Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen the theme Light and Shade for its first concert of the 2019-2020 season.
A Contemporary Take by Ballet Nice on the Legend of Cassandra
Ballet Nice Méditerranée opens the 2019-2020 season with its traditional open-air production at the city’s Théâtre de Verdure, and this year the work is Cassandra by choreographer Luciano Cannito.
Maillot stages The Taming of the Shrew for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
This month, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo will give audiences their first experience of the company’s own staging of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s The Taming of the Shrew.
The Elite of the Television Industry Descends on Monte-Carlo for the Annual TV Festival
It’s festival time on the French Riviera! The Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo took place in March, May is the month of the Cannes Film Festival, and in June, the Principality of Monaco hosts the 59th Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Faust Sells His Soul to Mephistopheles at Opera Nice
Charles Gounod’s Faust takes the spotlight at Opera Nice this month
Two World Premieres from Ballets de Monte-Carlo
There’s always something new and interesting emerging from the rehearsal studios of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, so it’s with keen anticipation that we await not just one but two World Premieres which make up the programme Corpus later this month.
Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo Turns 35
Happy days! Spring is here, and with it comes the annual Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, opening on 15th March.
Nice Opera Steps into 20th Century Opera with Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’
In a departure from the more traditional fare of 18th & 19th century operas which characterise the 2018-2019 season, Nice Opera presents Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress - a new production for the Company.
Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ – a Popular Choice for Nice Opera
Nice Opera opens 2019 with a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni - an eminently popular work, recounting the escapades and ultimate downfall of the fictional libertine Don Juan.
Monte-Carlo Ballet’s ‘Hommage à Nijinsky’
The Monte-Carlo Ballet pays tribute to the legendary Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in the first performance of the season - but in the Company’s own special way.