On Jan. 23, Ópera de Toulon announced that it was firing the 21 members of its chorus. The French company said that the board and administration decided to make this cut due to economic issues and that the chorus members will work until June 2025 when the 2024-25 season ends. As a result, it has created pushback in the opera {…}
The Opéra de Toulon has announced its 2024-25 season. Valerio Galli conducts the double bill of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” The production by Silvia Paoli will star Anaïk Morel, Tadeusz Szlenkier, Agnes Zwierko, Daniel Miroslaw, Marianne Croux, Daniel Miroslaw, and Csaba Kotlár. Performance Dates: June 29-July 2, 2024 Victorien Vanoosten conducts Adriana González and Freddie De Tommaso in an Italian {…}
(Credit: ©Evgeny Evtyukhov) Victorien Vanoosten has been named music director of Opéra de Toulon. Vanoosten has worked as the principal assistant to Daniel Barenboim and has performed worldwide. He has conducted at the Berlin Opera and the Musikverein in Vienna as well as in Tokyo and Montreal. In a statement, Vanoosten said, “I am happy about this new experience {…}
The Opéra de Toulon has announced a cast change for its production of “Così fan tutte.” The company said that Laurent Alvaro will not be able to sing the role of Don Alfon due to illness. As a result, he will be replaced by David Bižić. Bižić is a baritone who has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Tel-Aviv, {…}
Jérôme Brunetière has been named the new director of the Opéra de Toulon. Brunetière, who has been the secretary general of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence since 2007, will commence his duties starting on September 1, 2022 and step in for Claude-Henri Bonne, who headed the institution for 20 years. Per Olyrix, the decision was announced by the Conseil d’Administration de l’Opéra {…}
The Opéra de Toulon has announced its 2022-23 season featuring six opera productions. Operas Valerio Galli conducts Puccini’s “Tosca” in a production by Silvia Paoli. Keri Alkema, Riccardo Massi, and Daniel Miroslaw headline. Performance Dates: Oct. 7-11, 2022 Adam’s “Si j’etais Roi” will be conducted by Robert Tuohy and directed by Marc Adam. The cast includes Armelle Khourdoïan, Eleonora Deveze, {…}
(Credit: Opéra de Toulon official website) Opéra de Toulon has announced the cancellation of Johann Strauss’ popular operetta “Die Fledermaus” scheduled for Dec. 29 & 31, 2021. General and Artistic Director of the Opéra de Toulon Claude-Henri Bonnet has informed the public that the performances were canceled due to a large number of COVID-19 cases in the production team. The {…}
The Opéra de Toulon has named two principal conductors effective September 2021. The company announced that Polish conductor Marzena Diakun will be the chief conductor for symphonic activity and Italian Valerio Galli will head all operatic activity. The duo will succeed Maestro Jurjen Hempel who held the position of Chief conductor since 2018. Diakun has already led the Toulon Opera {…}
The Opéra de Toulon has announced its 2021-22 season. It all kicks off with a production of “Don Giovanni” headlined by Anaïs Constans, Marie-Ève Munger, Khatouna Gadelia, Guido Loconsolo, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Pablo Ruiz, Ramaz Chikviladze, and Nika Guliashvili. Jordan de Souza conducts a production directed by Daniel Benoin. Performance Dates: Oct. 8-14, 2021 The company will present “Les Petites Noces,” {…}
(Credit: Opéra De Toulon official website) Opéra De Toulon has announced the cancellation of its final opera for the 2020-21 season, Verdi‘s masterwork “La Traviata.” The opera was set to run between May 28 and June 1 2021 for a total of three performances. The production was supposed to star Eugenia Dushina in the role of Violetta Valéry, Julien Behr {…}
(Credit: © RIEGER Bertrand / hemis.fr / Hemis) Opéra de Toulon has announced the cancelation of Jacques Offenbach’s opera “Le voyage dans la lune.” The opera was set to run between April 23 and April 27, 2021 for a total of three performances. The cast for the opera included Sheva Tehoval, Jennifer Michel, Francis Dudziak, Violette Polchi, Eric Vignau, Thibaut {…}
