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Audrey Hepburn returns to Paris

Audrey Hepburn, the unforgettable performer of My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Funny Face and Charade, Sabrina and many others, loved Paris and Paris continues to pay her tribute. In a show entitled Dans les yeux d’Audrey, choreographer François Mauduit pays tribute to her with a ballet freely inspired by her life when she dreamed […]

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West Side Story down under

Bernstein‘s masterpiece, West Side Story, is on at Opera Australia from 22 March to 21 April 2024, but not in Jørn Utzon‘s famous building. Francesca Zambello‘s production, based on the original production and choreography by Jerome Robbins, will be staged on the open-air stage on Sydney Harbour, with the famous bridge and the iconic opera […]

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Thomas Hengelbrock even more Parisian

As he prepares to conduct the revival of Verdi‘s Simon Boccanegra (at the Opéra national de Paris from 12 March to 3 April 2024, directed by Calixto Bieito) with the exceptional Ludovic Tézier, eagerly awaited in the title role, conductor Thomas Hengelbrock has been appointed Music Director of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris. The […]

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A new Easter in Baden-Baden

Following the announcement that the Berliner Philharmoniker will be returning to Salzburg from 2026, Baden-Baden is calling on a new generation of artists to maintain its prestigious Easter Festival at the same level of excellence. In order to “broaden the European vision”, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra will take over […]

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Concerto Copenhagen in Copenhagen

The fine production of Handel’s Saul by the great director Barrie Kosky is on at the Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen from 20 March to 5 April 2024, with Handelian bass-baritone Christopher Purves in the title role. For the occasion, the Royal Danish Opera will be joined in the pit by Concerto Copenhagen and its conductor […]

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Boris loses his head in Paris too

After Toulouse, where Olivier Py‘s production premiered at the start of the 2023-2024 season, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées is also losing its star. Matthias Goerne was due to take on the role of Boris Godunov in Mussorgsky‘s masterpiece, but the famous baritone will not be joining the cast in the end. As in Toulouse, bass […]

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A Parisian conductor in Cologne

The brilliant conductor Marie Jacquot becomes the new Principal Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne from the 2026/27 season. At just 34, she already has an impressive career ahead of her, as the current Music Director of the Kongelige Teater (Denmark’s Royal Opera) is also the first female guest conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker. […]

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Divine Sandrine Piau, intimate and melancholy

Time seems to have no hold on the voice of Sandrine Piau, the divine French soprano who is embarking on a recital tour with a luxury partner, pianist David Kadouch, at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on 1 March 2024 or as part of the Festival de Saint-Denis on 9 June. A CD has just […]

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Powerful Pelléas at Louis Jouvet’s Théâtre

The Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet has the excellent idea of reviving an intimate and powerful production. Created by the Royaumont Foundation, the production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, directed by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier, runs from 15 to 25 February 2024 with a fresh cast of young artists trained at the abbey. Jean-Christophe Lanièce returns […]