(Photo: © Camille Rovera/Opéra de Marseille) The Opéra de Marseille’s new production of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” marks the first staging of one of the Ring operas in France’s second-largest city since 1996. Its success augurs well for the tenure of the company’s talented young music director, Michele Spotti. Gold, Power and the Rheinbank Charles Roubaud’s staging is modern yet eminently {…}
Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Salome Jicia, Margaux Poguet, Floriane Hasler, Nicolas Courjal, Marc Barrard, Cyrille Dubois, Mischa Schelomianski, and Louis Morvan star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Lawrence Foster conducts the production by Agnès Jaoui. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-11, 2026 Alexandra Marcellier, Thomas Bettinger, and Marc Scoffoni lead Puccini’s “Le Villi” with Paolo Arrivabeni conducting and Stefano {…}
The Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Verdi’s “Falstaff” will be showcased in a production by Denis Podalydès and conducted by Michele Spotti. Salomé Jicia, Hélène Carpentier, Teresa Iervolino, Giulio Mastrototaro, Alberto Robert, and Florian Sempey star. Performance Dates: Nov. 9-15, 2025 Alessandro Cadario conducts Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau directing. The production will {…}
The Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Michele Spotti conducts Bellini’s “Norma” with Anne Delbee directing. Karine Deshayes stars in the title role with Salomé Jicia, Enea Scala, and Patrick Bollei. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 3, 2024 Alexandra Marcellier, Eugénie Joneau, Thomas Bettinger, and Marc Scoffoni star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Paolo Arrivabeni conducts Emmanuelle Bastet’s production. Performance {…}
The Opéra de Marseille has announced a cast change for its concert performances of Verdi’s “Attila” on Oct. 29, Nov. 2 and 4, 2023. The company said that Csilla Boross will sing the role of Odabella replacing Angela Meade, who was initially announced. Meade is now scheduled for the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Un Ballo in Maschera” replacing Elena Stikhina. {…}
(Photo Credit; Marco Borrelli) The talented conductor, Michele Spotti, made his debut at Les Arts conducting “Ernani” on June 7th. Spotti was also recently named Music Director of the Marseille opera and orchestra, at the young age of 29. He discovered music at the age of three because his grandmother, a musician, told him musical tales. He is married to {…}
The Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera Meyerbeer’s “L’Africaine” will star Hélène Carpentier, Laurence Janot, Florian Laconi, Jérôme Bouteiller, and Karine Deshayes. Roberto Rizzi Brignoli conducts the production by Charles Roubaud. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-10, 2023 Paolo Arrivabeni conducts Verdi’s “Attila” with Angela Meade, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Juan Jesús Rodriguez, and Antonio Poli. Performance Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 4, {…}
(Credit: Marco Spotti) Italian conductor Michele Spotti has been nominated as Music Director of Marseille’s Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra. Marseille’s Mayor Benoît Payan and the General Manager of the Opéra de Marseille Maurice Xiberras announced the news and noted that Spotti will start in his new role during the 2023-24 season, succeeding the current Musical Director, Lawrence Foster. The {…}
The Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven operatic productions. Here is a look! Anastasia Bartoli and Dalibor Jenis lead Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Jérémy Duffau, Néstor Galvan, and Nicolas Courjal. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts the production by Frédéric Belier Garcia. Performance Dates: Oct. 1-9, 2022 Karine Deshayes Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Floriane Hasler, Julien Dran, Ruzil Gatin, and Samy Camps {…}
Photo by Fay Fox The Opéra de Marseille will begin streaming a recent production of Puccini’s “Tosca” on Feb. 28, 2021. The company, which was set to present the repertory staple between Feb. 9-21, recorded the opera on Feb. 19 to stream with a cast starring Jennifer Rowley in the title role. She is joined by Marcelo Puente as Mario {…}
(Credits: © Aymeric Giraudel / Seattle Symphony official website) Mezzo-sopranos Karine Deshayes and Delphine Haidan will give a recital at Opéra de Vichy on Feb. 19, 2021. The program for the concert includes the works by Adolpha Le Beau, Brahms, Strauss, Gounod, Delibes, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, and Rossini. Due to the French government’s COVID-19 regulations, the concert will be held without {…}