Features

Monte-Carlo Opera Honours Raoul Gunsbourg with ‘The Damnation of Faust’

November 4, 2022

This year marks the centenary of the death of Prince Albert I of Monaco, and appropriately, Monte-Carlo Opera pays tribute to one of its early directors, Raoul Gunsbourg, who was appointed to this role by Prince Albert I in 1892

New Production of Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula’ for Nice Opera’s Season Opener

GILLY LLOYD

October 25, 2022

Arts & Culture

Nice Opera opens the 2022-23 opera season with Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula, a co-production between the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Semperoper Dresden, Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur and New York’s Metropolitan Opera.

Club Vivanova 2022 Luxury Lifestyle Charity Gala

RIVIERA BUZZ

October 19, 2022

Local Buzz

The 2022 Club Vivanova Luxury Lifestyle Charity Gala is to be held on Saturday 12th November at the Fairmont Monte Carlo and promises to be a night to remember! This is the 8th Edition of this fabulous black-t...

Plasson & Nice Philharmonic Celebrate Franck Bicentennial

GILLY LLOYD

October 10, 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.

Long Lived Our Gracious Queen

NATJA IGNEY

September 9, 2022

News

One of history’s most impactful royal reigns – and a life devoted to exemplary public service - has come to an end. We bow our heads to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Discover R For Diversity Beer

JAMESON FARN

September 1, 2022

Food & Drink

Calling all beer lovers! Meet Daniel Tristant. The man behind the fierce and fabulous local beer, R For Diversity!

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.

Come Discover Beautiful Baden-Baden

SABINE NOELLE-WYING

August 2, 2022

Travel

Baden-Baden, a spa, art and media town on the French border in south-west Germany.  Accompany Heini the dachshund on a tour of this beautiful place.

‘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.

Peter Brook’s Legacy to Nice

NATJA IGNEY

July 3, 2022

News

Called the "living God of Theatre" during his lifetime, the British artist has ascended to the rank of "immortal God of Theatre" on July 2 at the age of 97

A Fresh Update to the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco

JAMESON FARN

June 23, 2022

Local Buzz

With the expansion onto the sea of the new eco-district of Mareterra, currently under construction by the Monegasque government, it’s fitting that the Grimaldi Forum also be updated for the future ahead.

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.

Check out La Bohème – Théâtre ambulant on the Move!

MIKE COLQUHOUN

June 7, 2022

Arts & Culture

Two very talented and accomplished French actors based on the Riviera, Sophie Chiara Viglio and Nicolas Carré, came up with the idea of taking an old caravan, attaching a stage then taking it on the road

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.

A Tale of Love at First Ride

NATJA IGNEY

May 11, 2022

Travel

Dean Nicholson was an intrepid Scottish world explorer on a bike. Nala was a stray kitten somewhere in Bosnia. Their chance encounter changed their destiny – and that of many other animals in need - forever.