The Paris Opera revived the Calixto Bieto’s production of “Carmen” at La Bastille with a cast to die for: Anita Rachvelishvili and Roberto Alagna as the tormented couple of Carmen and Don Jose, and Nicole Carr and Roberto Tagliavini as Micaëla and Escamillo. Lorenzo Viotti also made his debut with the company conducting the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris. {…}
Bryan Hymel has canceled his remaining performances of “Les Troyens” at the Opéra National de Paris. The company announced that due to family reasons Hymel would not be able to perform. As a result, Brandon Jovanovich will take over. Hymel was slated to perform three performances of the seven with Jovanovich performing four shows. It is the second high-profile cancellation {…}
Stéphane Lissner, director of the Opéra National de Paris, will not retain his position for long. Per Le Monde, his contract runs out in 2021 and he is not set to have it renewed. The report also notes that Françoise Nyssen, the current minister of culture has made the decision and informed Lissner of it. One of the reasons behind {…}
The strike continues at the Opéra National de Paris and as a result, will affect tonight’s performance of “Il Trovatore.” The company announced that the concert version of the famed Verdi opera will feature the chorus and soloists in a single costume with no sets. This is the fourth performance that has affected the company as numerous showcases have been canceled and {…}
The Opéra National de Paris’s strike will affect tonight’s performance of “Boris Godunov.” The company announced that due to the strike, tonight’s performance of “Boris Godunov” will be replaced by a concert version (chorus and soloist singers in a single costume, no sets). The news comes after the ongoing strike that has affected numerous performances. As a result of the change, the {…}
This spring, the French Institute Alliance Française, New York’s premiere French cultural center, and the American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet will present HD screenings of opera and ballet performances from the Paris Opera & Ballet for the first time in New York City. New Yorkers will have the opportunity to see “Millepied/Robbins/Balanchine” on Sunday, May 20, and “Samson et Dalila” {…}
The hotly anticipated production of Verdi’s five-act grand opera “Don Carlos” opened at the Opéra National de Paris on 10 October to a mixed reception. The outstanding cast comprised of German tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, French baritone Ludovic Tézier as Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, Russian basses Ildar Abdrazakov and Dmitry Belosselskiy as Philippe II and the Grand {…}
Opera fans who won’t be in Paris for OperaWire’s most anticipated production of the fall, “Don Carlos,” will get a chance to see the opera live in cinemas. The Opéra National de Paris is teaming up with Arte, France Musique, FRA Cinema and Telemondis to bring the opera to theaters on Oct. 19. The new production by Krzysztof Warlikowski will star {…}
Philippe Jordan will honor his contract with the Opera National de Paris which is scheduled to end in 2021. Stéphane Lissner, Director of the Paris Opera, confirmed the news stating that Jordan will end his tenure with the company during the 2020/21 season and his final production with the company will be a new production of Richard Wagner’s The Ring {…}
It was a rough night at the Opéra de Paris on Wednesday. Anna Netrebko canceled and the audience let the company know about its displeasure. The Russian diva was expected to close out “Eugene Onegin” and that is exactly what everyone walking into the theater at show time expected. But right before the start of the performance, an announcement was {…}
Lionel Bringuier has pulled out of Bizet’s “Carmen” at the Opera National de Paris. According to Forum Opera, the conductor pulled out for personal reasons leaving the Opera National de Paris in a mad scramble to find a replacement. As it turns out, audiences will now get three different musical interpretations to look forward to. Bertrand de Billy will conduct on {…}