As I mentioned in my last article (on the subject of Calixto Bieito’s production of Das Rheingold at the Paris Opera), in what the French might call une histoire belge, La Monnaie’s Ring cycle started with Romeo Castellucci as its director, and is now ending with Pierre Audi.
The conclusion of Romeo Castellucci‘s Pierre Audi‘s Ring cycle live from Brussels
Back to Brussels last Sunday for my third new opera of the season (after The Time of our Singing, also at La Monnaie, and Picture a day like this, at the Opéra Comique): Mikael Karlsson’s Fanny and Alexander, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek.
A live broadcast from Brussels of a new opera by Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek
Nigel Wilkinson reviews Kris Defoort‘s kaleidoscopic, unsettling new opera in Brussels.
Alain Altinonglu conducts Gábor Bretz, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Anett Frisch, Scott Hendricks, and Nicky Spence live from Brussels.
Krzysztof Warlikowski‘s controversial production of Don Giovanni at La Monnaie is now streaming online.
The controversial production of La traviata from La Monnaie directed by Andrea Breth is now available for viewing online.