Natalie Dessay, Mathias Vidal, Éléonore Pancrazi, & Vannina Santoni Lead Opéra de Tours’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra de Tours has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Charles Mesrine, Anaïs Merlin, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Maxime Le Gall, and Camille Brault star in Herve’s “Le Petit Faust.” Performance Dates: Nov. 16 & 18, 2025 Offenhbach’s “Orphee aux Enfers” will star Matthieu Justine, Manon Lamaison, Jérôme Boutillier, Adriana Bignagni-Lesca, Rodolphe Briand, Mathias Vidal, Marie Kalinine, and Anaïs Constans. Marc Leroy-Calatayud {…}

Jul 7, 2025

Celebrating 20 Years of Willy Decker’s Iconic ‘La Traviata’ – A Look Back at the Memorable Performers

On July 19, the Teatro Real will broadcast the iconic Willy Decker production of “La Traviata,” marking 20 years since the production premiered. When it opened in 2005, it became an instant classic for its modern, minimalist approach and its stark staging focusing on the three main characters. The production also emphasized time and Violetta’s impending death through a large {…}

May 5, 2025

Natalie Dessay, René Pape, Eva Zaïcik, Kristian Benedikt & Carolyn Sampson Leads New CD/DVD Releases

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, a diva says goodbye to classical music, while there are several rare operas and oratorios. Here are this week’s new releases. Dog Days / Thumbprint Bright Shiny Things reissues two operas that have been out of print for nearly two years: {…}

Apr 25, 2025

Théâtre du Châtelet Announces 2025-26 Season Featuring Natalie Dessay & Joël Terrin

The Théâtre du Châtelet has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. “L’Annonce faite à Marie” by Philippe Leroux will be conducted by Ariane Matiakh and will be directed by Célie Pauthe. The cast will include Raphaële Kennedy, Sophia Burgos, Els Janssens, Marc Scoffoni, Charles Rice, and Vincent Bouchot. Performance Date: Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2026 Julie Hega, Raquel Camarinha, René Ramos {…}

Apr 13, 2025

Natalie Dessay Headlines Les Musicales de la Route Cézanne’s 20225 Slate

Les Musicales de la Route Cézanne has announced its 2025 lineup, which will take place between July 21 and 28, 2025. Here is a rundown of the vocal events on offer. Natalie Dessay and pianist Shani Diulka and chanteur d’oiseaux Johnny Rase present works by Grieg, Ravel, Debussy, Berg, and bird songs at the Parc du Château du Tholonet. Performance {…}

Mar 30, 2025

Natalie Dessay Leads Opéra de Massy’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra de Massy has announced its 2025-26 season. Héloïse Poulet, Juliette Mey, and Matthieu Walendzick will perform in recital with Rodolphe Lospied. The program includes music by Mozart and Poulenc. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2025 Bach Stagioni will be conducted by David Stern and soloists Thaïs Raï-Westphal, Lucas Pauchet, and Julien Ségol. Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2025 Bizet’s “Les {…}

Mar 22, 2025

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Marina Rebeka Headline Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s 2025-26 Season

The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Productions Jakob Lehmann conducts Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” in a production by Silvia Costa. Benjamin Bernheim, Viktoria Karkacheva, Christian Van Horn, and Thomas Dolié star. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-15, 2025 Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoé” will be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Laurent Pelly. Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs, Laurent {…}

Jul 2, 2024

Natalie Dessay, Julie Fuchs, Sabine Devieilhe & Stéphane Degout Sign Manifesto Against Far Right Candidates in French Elections

Following the French elections, 500 French Classical Musical personalities signed a manifesto against the far right that won the first round of the National Assembly elections. Published in Télérama, the artists said, “Faced with the historical situation of our country following the dissolution of the National Assembly by Emmanuel Macron on June 9, we, artisans and actors in the world {…}

Jun 4, 2024

Natalie Dessay, Rosie Aldridge, Jacques Imbrailo & Rocío Pérez Lead Opéra National de Lorraine’s 2024-25 Season

The Opéra national de Lorraine has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with “Heroine” featuring three major works. The evening begins with Hindemith’s “Sancta Susanna” followed by Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” and will conclude with Honegger’s “Danse des morts.” Anthony Almeida directs the three works. Hindemith’s opera will star Anaïk Morel, Rosie Aldridge, Apolline Rai-Westphal, Yannis François, and Soloist of the Opera Chorus while {…}

May 22, 2024

Natalie Dessay & Philippe Jaroussky Lead Opéra de Massy’s 2024-25 Season

The Opéra de Massy has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Thomas’ “Hamlet” opens the season with conductor Hervé Niquet and director Frank Van Laecke. Armando Noguera, Florie Valiquette, Patrick Bolleire, Ahlima Mhamdi, Kaelig Boché, and Yoann Le Lan star. Performance Dates: Nov. 15 & 17, 2024 “Solomon: a serenata de William Boyce” will {…}

May 9, 2024

Natalie Dessay, Nina Stemme, Emöke Baráth, Jakub Józef Orlinski & Pene Pati Lead Opéra national du Rhin’s 2024-25 Season

The Opéra national du Rhin has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the opera performances. George Benjamin’s “Picture a day like this” opens the season. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-20, 2024 Jakub Józef Orlinski and Michał Biel will perform Purcell, Haendel, Schubert, Baird, and Łukaszewski. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2024 Alex Rosen, Emöke Baráth, Adèle Charvet, Laurence Kilsby, Lauranne Oliva, Christophe {…}