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Maquette © Etienne Guiol Satyagraha, Philip Glass’s account of Mahatma Gandhi’s early years in South Africa, opens the Nice Opera 2025/26 season. Set to a text based on the ancient Sanskrit scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, Satyagraha looks at Gandhi’s concept of non-violent protest as a positive force for change, relating the experiences which were instrumental…

Kazuki Yamada & the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra © Sasha Gusov The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra opens the 2025-26 season with a programme of music by Saint-Saëns and Richard Strauss. Led by Music Director Kazuki Yamada, and featuring Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández, the Orchestra plays Saint-Saëns’ symphonic poem Phaéton, Op 9, his Symphony No 1 in E-flat…

Yuja Wang © Norbert Niat The San Francisco Symphony celebrates the new 2025/26 season with its Opening Gala concert in which Jaap van Zweden leads the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s majestic Piano Concerto No 1, with soloist Yuja Wang – a favourite of San Francisco audiences since her debut with the Orchestra in 2006. Also on…

San Francisco Opera’s 2017 production of Verdi’s Rigoletto – © Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera The opening work of San Francisco Opera’s 103rd season is Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, his tragic tale of a father’s attempts to save his beloved daughter from a disastrous relationship. One of the most popular operas in the repertoire, this production of…

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra – photo Kaparti & Zarewicz In its fourth summer tour, the Ukranian Freedom Orchestra takes in Lithuania, Latvia and the George Enescu Festival in Romania, as well as paying return visits to Lucerne, Amsterdam, Warsaw and London. Under the patronage of Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, and led by Founder and…

Scene from Totality of parts by Lukáš Timulak Monte-Carlo Ballet closes the 2024/2025 season with two contemporary ballets – one created for the Company by Lukáš Timulak, and the other for the Kor’sia Ballet by Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo. The first work in the programme is one created by Slovak choreographer Lukáš Timulak…

Yui Yonezawa as Giselle and Shun Izawa as Albrecht in the National Ballet of Japan’s Giselle – Photograph by Kiyonori Hasegawa This summer the National Ballet of Japan makes its debut on the stage of the Royal Opera House, making it the first Asian company to do so in fifteen years. The Japanese company, under…

The height of summer means that once again the annual series of Concerts at the Prince’s Palace, Monaco, takes place in the magical setting of the Courtyard of Honour. This festival of music features a host of well known works by some of the best loved classical composers. The opening concert on July 10th is…

Ying Fang as Ilia and Daniela Mack as Idamante in Mozart’s IdomeneoPhoto: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera San Francisco Opera presents Mozart’s Idomeneo, directed by Australian Lindy Hume, in her debut production for the Company. A co-production with Opera Australia and Victorian Opera, this staging is new to San Francisco Opera, and stars Matthew Polenzani as…

Karen Chia-ling Ho as Mimì and Pene Pati as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohèmePhoto: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera San Francisco Opera stages a revival of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème by John Caird, winner of two Tony Awards – for his staging of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby – and who made his debut for the…