Author: Gilly Lloyd

Pretty Yende in Monte-Carlo Opera’s concert version of Puccini’s ‘La rondine’ To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Italian composer, Giacomo Puccini, Monte-Carlo Opera presents a staged version of La rondine (The Swallow). This opera in three acts stars South African soprano, Pretty Yende, as Magda – the Parisian courtesan who longs for…

Anja Kampe and Simon O’Neill as the title roles in Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’ San Francisco Opera presents one of the most significant works in the repertoire – Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde – for the first time in 18 years. The opera features well-known Wagnerian interpreters Simon O’Neill and Anja Kampe in the title…

To mark the 80th birthday of Michael Tilson Thomas, Pentatone is releasing a deluxe collection of the compositions of this legendary conductor, composer, pianist, recording artist and teacher. It’s titled GRACE: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas. MTT, as he is affectionately known, served as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years,…

A scene from Act I of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera opens the 18th Season of Live in HD productions with Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann on October 5. This award-winning series brings some of the Company’s finest performances to opera lovers worldwide in more than 1,800 cinemas.…

Nice Opera opens the 2024-25 season with a comic-opera by Charles Lecoq – La fille de Madame Angot (The Daughter of Madame Angot). This fun and joyful production is staged by Richard Brunel and directed by Lise Labro, with Chloé Dufresne leading the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra and the Nice Opera Chorus. Charles Lecoq, who lived…