Paul Figuier, Lauranne Oliva, Apolline Raï-Westphal, Victoire Bunel, Jeanne Mendoche Star in Opéra de Rennes’ 2025-26 Season

The Opéra de Rennes has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Bertrand Cuiller conducts Handel’s “Rinaldo” with a cast that includes Paul Figuier, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Maïlys De Villoutreys, Camille Poul, and Damien Pass. Performance Date: August 30, 2025 Cavalli’s “La Calisto” will star Lauranne Oliva, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Milan Siljanov, Anna Bonitatibus, Giuseppina Bridelli, Zachary Wilder, Bastien Rimondi, Dominic Sedgwick, Théo Imart, and {…}

French Soprano Chloé Briot Files a Complaint for the Alleged Sexual Harassment

(Credit: Anais Briot) French soprano Chloé Briot has filed a complaint for the alleged sexual harassment. The repeated incidents allegedly took place between October 2019 and February 2020 during a contemporary production of  Joël Pommerat and Francesco Filidei’s opera “L’Inondation.” The opera was commissioned by l’Opéra-Comique in Paris, as the co-production with l’Opéra de Rennes and the Angers-Nantes Opéra. Briot, {…}

Opéra de Rennes Announces 2020-21 Season

Opéra de Rennes has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five opera productions and a number of concerts. Here is a look at the opera productions. Diego Fasolis conducts Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride” with Marie-Adeline Henry, Élodie Hache, Charles Rice, Sébastien Droy, and Jean-Luc Ballestra. Performance Dates: Nov 29-Dec. 5, 2020 François-Adrien Boieldieu’s “La Dame Blanche” stars Sahy Ratia, Fabien Hyon, Sandrine Buendia, Yannis {…}