(Photo: © Dominique Jaussein) France is currently in the grip of Olympic fever. Although Paris is the official site of the games, every corner of the country is feeling the effects of the event, even in the cultural domain. The Opéra de Nice has thus declared their 2023-24 season to be, at least in part, devoted to the theme of {…}
(Photo: Rusalka Nice Dominique Jaussein) In the highly centralized French operatic world where the Opéra de Paris reigns supreme, any initiative to breathe new life into the seasons of regional theaters is a positive development. In this context, four major opera companies of the Mediterranean region have created a new partnership to pool their artistic, financial and logistical resources in {…}
Photo credit: © Dominique Jaussein The Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur inaugurated their 2023-2024 season with a new staging of Léo Delibe’s “Lakmé” coproduced with the Opéra-Comique in Paris, which premiered the production in September-October 2022, and the Opéra national du Rhin which will present performances in Mulhouse and Strasbourg in November 2023. Pelly’s Anti-Kitsch ‘Lakmé’ This coproduction marks the {…}
Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is the Festival Hip Hop’era. Performance Date: Sept. 2, 2023 Next up is a Préludes concerts which features excerpts from the upcoming season. The performance is led by Léo Warynski. Performance Date: Sept. 9, 2023 The first opera performance will be “Lakmé.” Directed by Lauent Pelly and conducted {…}
The Opéra de Nice has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven operatic productions and concert performances. Opera The season opens with Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” starring Adrian Sâmpetrean, Sara Blanch, and Edgardo Rocha. Giuliano Carella conducts the production by Rolando Villazón, which is set for the Metropolitan Opera. Performance Date: Nov. 4-8, 2022 “Soirée comédie musicale” will feature Alexandra Cravero conducting {…}
(Credit: L’Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur) L’Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur has canceled the opening of its 2020-21 season. Per the opera house’s official statement, health authorities have ordered the cancellation of events due to the soaring number of COVID-19 cases. Per the same statement, performances of “Réunion de famille” scheduled for Sept. 12 & 13, 2020 have been postponed {…}