ATTENTION! The announced SNCB-NMBS strike will severely disrupt train traffic from December 5 (10 p.m.) to December 7 (10 p.m.). We ask you to take this into account if you are attending one of our performances in the coming days and to prepare your route to and from La Monnaie well. La Monnaie cannot be held responsible for any inconvenience and, consequently, it will not be possible to exchange or refund your tickets.
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The International Opera Awards have just been presented at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. The decades-long work of our social programme was honoured in the Equal Opportunities & Impact category.
The nominations for the International Opera Awards 2023 have been announced! In recognition of our Green Opera project and the social programme 'A Bridge between two worlds', La Monnaie is shortlisted in the categories 'Sustainability' and 'Equal Opportunities & Impact'.
On Thursday 21 September, Peter de Caluwe, General and Artistic Director of La Monnaie, received the Ordine al Merito during a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Brussels. This award, one of the highest honours of the Italian Republic, is presented by President Sergio Mattarella for special merits in the fields of the arts, economy, public service and social, philanthropic or humanitarian activities.
In December 2022, La Monnaie presented the world premiere of On purge bébé!, Philippe Boesmans' final opera. The recording of this mischievous one-acter, conducted by Bassem Akiki, is now out on the Fuga Libera label.
Thanks to the BRAVO! ticket, you can travel to La Monnaie by train at half price. Each of our performance tickets now has a unique SNCB discount code which allows you to book a low-cost return trip to Brussels on the day of your performance.
She will succeed current director Peter de Caluwe from 1 July 2025 for a mandate of six years. Read the full press release by Minister Hadja Lahbib and the La Monnaie Board of Directors.
Are you between 16 and 80 years old and keen on being part of an opera performance like few others? Then join a team of 100 volunteers for a walk-on part in our new production of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold, directed by Romeo Castellucci. A unique opportunity to experience an unforgettable adventure on stage and behind the scenes of La Monnaie.
Your book at the opera! From May 3, La Monnaie is organising a major book collection at the occasion of the production of the opera Cassandra next September. The book you donate will have a strong symbolic presence in the staging of Marie-Eve Signeyrole and in the universe imagined by the scenographer, Fabien Teigné.
Our production of Mozart's Requiem, directed by Romeo Castellucci and conducted by Raphaël Pichon, has been nominated for a visit.brussels Award 2023. With these awards, Brussels rewards cultural and touristic initiatives that have brought the city (inter)national fame in the past year. Will you help Requiem to victory in the "Brussels On Stage" category? Then cast your vote here before 18 April!
La Monnaie is participating in the Brussels Museums Nocturnes! Come to our Theatre on 20 April for a guided tour and learn all about our new production Henry VIII and its main character.
Three singers from our MM Academy have been selected for the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition, which this year will be dedicated on the voice.
From 23 to 26 march, the Passa Porta Festival will be bringing hundreds of leading writers together at various locations in Brussels. La Monnaie will also be hosting quite a few encounters with renowned writers, including winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Annie Ernaux.
