A performance of “The Tale of Tsar Saltane”, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, at the royal theater of the Monnaie in Brussels (Belgium), June 9, 2019. MONIKA FORSTER Faced with an increase in its expenses accompanied by a reduction in budgetary allocations, the Opéra national du Rhin (ONR) has decided to modify the current season at the … Read more
Né en 1988 à Castro au Chili et adopté par une famille américaine à l’âge de sept mois, Jonathan Tetelman a grandi dans le cadre prestigieux de Princeton où ses dons vocaux sont remarqués et encouragés dès son plus jeune âge. Adulte, il est tout d’abord baryton avant de s’orienter vers la tessiture de ténor. La reconversion … Read more
Get ready to forget everything you thought you knew about Starmania. The new version of Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon’s rock opera, whose first break-in date was played on Friday evening at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, is not a cover of the original 1979 version, nor a repetition of following versions: it is a … Read more
In August 2023, Eglise Gutiérrez will star in a concert version of “Cecilia Valdés” at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Photo courtesy/Daniel Fernandez Like the Phoenix Bird that was mythologically reborn from its ashes, artistic and literary manifestations always resurface, despite everything, after wars and political cataclysms, epidemics, inquisitions or natural disasters. The various outbreaks of … Read more
This is an anniversary that deserves the trumpets: this month, the Opéra national du Rhin celebrates its fiftieth anniversary! A jubilee which is celebrated with great fanfare with an open day on Saturday 24 September. A special day, in the intimacy of this great place of culture, which aims to be festive and open to … Read more
Everyone has been following the drama surrounding Kevin Durant and his request for a trade this offseason, including outside of the big leagues. Snoop Dogg himself would have discussed the issue with Stephen Curry, according to a journalist. The rapper reportedly had a very strong opinion on what the Slim Reaper should do. Transfer rumors … Read more
« T’as la ref’ ? » c’est la série qui revient sur les références disséminées au sein des plus grands albums de rap. Des plus évidentes au plus surprenantes, des plus saugrenues aux plus pointues. Bref, si vous n’avez pas la ref’, vous allez l’avoir… L’année 1.9.9.8. dans le rap de France ce n’est pas rien. Millésimée cuvée … Read more
This year, the Verona Arena Festival has decided to pay tribute to Franco Zeffirelli by taking up four of the productions he made for this event, Carmen, Aida, La Traviata and Turandot. We salute in passing the excellent management of its director Cecilia Gasdia, who was able to bring together for each work of this … Read more
Hardly more implausible than the one that Da Ponte draws from Beaumarchais for Le Nozze di Figaro, the libretto is signed by Eugène Scribe, to whom we are indebted for so many lyrical productions. A bit of chivalry, romantic mysteries directly from Walter Scott then at his peak, for a pleasant work full of seductions, … Read more
In Mythologies, his latest world creation unveiled Friday in Bordeauxthe choreographer Angelin Preljocaj offers himself the music of an unexpected composer, the ex-Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter, who signs his first piece for symphony orchestra. Half of the former star duo of the French touch is back on the music scene, this time on a score … Read more