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The new Queen of the Arena

The Verona Arena Festival, to be held from June 8 to September 7, 2024, has just revealed the cast, but only of one production for the time being. Crowned Queen of Ice in Turandot in 2021, Queen of Egypt in Aida in 2022, Anna Netrebko confirms her place as the new muse of the world’s […]

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Thunderclap in Barcelona

The Gran Teatre del Liceu was looking forward to offering one of the most exciting performances of the international season with Adriana Lecouvreur in June 2024. However, Jonas Kaufmann has cancelled his participation “for reasons beyond the Theatre’s control”, according to the Liceu. Another leading singer, Anita Rachvelishvili, who was due to perform as la […]

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La Scala’s big day

As it does every year on 7 December (Saint Ambrose’s Day, patron saint of the city of Milan), Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala opens its season with a highly anticipated production. Verdi’s Don Carlo was chosen by the renowned conductor Riccardo Chailly, its artistic director, to open the 2023-2024 season. As always, he has assembled […]

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Lisbon’s low-key venue

While it can boast a glorious past, Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos remains a low-key venue with a programme that European music lovers have been watching out for. The eighteenth-century theatre, located in the heart of the historic Chiado district, hosts only a handful of productions each season, as the institution has other, more […]

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French Baroque in style in Berlin

From 17 to 26 November 2023, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin will be hosting the Barocktage 2023, where the French presence will be in evidence everywhere. Of the three major productions on the bill, two are from the French repertoire: Charpentier’s Médée (performed by Magdalena Kožená in Peter Sellars‘ staging conducted by Simon […]

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Wagner at the end and beginning of a cycle

From 9 November to 3 December 2023, the Zurich opera house will be staging Götterdämmerung, Twilight of the Gods, the final part of Wagner‘s famous Nibelungen Ring tetralogy. Other performances of the complete cycle are scheduled at the Opernhaus in May 2024, but another Ring event has been announced for Berlin during the Festtage at […]

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Karine de Aix and her Norma

As the programme for the next 2022 Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence is unveiled, the music lovers’ party seems to be confirmed on all floors and in all halls with Mozart’s Idomeneo and Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon at the l’Archevêché theater, Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea at the Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Strauss’s Salome, concert […]

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A musical trip around the Festival dell’Arena di Verona

The line-up for the new 2022 season of the Verona Arena is spectacular. There is the prestige of two huge international stars. The magnificent prima ballerina Roberto Bolle and the fabulous Plácido Domingo will be on the huge stage in Verona for two beautiful evenings. Among the many masterpieces, Verdi’s Nabucco and Aida, Bizet’s Carmen […]

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A unique cruise in Italy !

Music & Opera offers you a sublime cruise departing from Venice. In addition to visiting the city of Venice, you will have the opportunity to visit the city of Mantova and Cremona. Part of the trip will take place by boat, the rest by bus, as part of an itinerary proposed by the Monteverdi Festival […]

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Verdi’s dark Macbeth in Milan

The opening show of La Scala in Milan is always a big hit. M&O offers you a tailor-made trip to a performance of Verdi’s dark Macbeth. The great masterpiece is served by a dream cast. A golden opportunity to travel to Milan.    Book your trip to see Verdi’s Macbeth in Milan   Photo : Teatro Alla Scala c Rolex-Ambroise-Tézenas