• The La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra at the ‘Festival International de Colmar’

    From July 5 to 7, the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will perform three concerts at the ‘Festival International de Colmar’, a prestigious music festival under the artistic direction of Alain Altinoglu.

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  • Jodie Devos (1988-2024)

    The music world is in mourning. On Sunday 16 June, the Belgian soprano Jodie Devos, one the greatest opera talents of her generation, passed away from breast cancer at the age of 35.

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  • Das Rheingold wins Prix de la Critique for best scenography

    In Octobre 2023, La Monnaie made waves with Das Rheingold, the first part of its new Ring cycle. Today, this production was awarded the prize for best scenography by the French Comité du Syndicat de la Critique.

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  • La Monnaie and Base Design win gold at the Creative Belgium Awards

    ‘There will be Fate’, the 2023-24 La Monnaie season campaign took away the first prize in the category ‘Design’ at the Creative Belgium Awards.

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  • Time for Your Singing!

    La Monnaie invites all Belgian amateur choirs to perform a key scene from Kris Defoort’s opera The Time Of Our Singing!

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  • Collectif 17h25 launches standard module MOD 200

    On May 7, Collectif 17h25 launched an innovative standard module for set construction: MOD 200. With the prototype phase now completed, the participating partners, including La Monnaie, are starting the production of these structures, and will implement them in set construction as of the 2024-25 season.

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  • A community project as part of ‘Ali’

    Ten young students from the Institut des Filles de Marie take their first steps on stage in Ali.

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  • Car park Monnaie / Munt to be renovated

    Due to renovation works, the Monnaie / Munt car park will no longer be accessible from 1 April. The public of La Monnaie will be able to use three other car parks in the city centre, at the same preferential rate.

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  • Bernard Foccroulle awarded an honorary doctorate

    On 15 February 2024, KU Leuven and UCLouvain awarded their honorary doctorates. One of the three laureates was Bernard Foccroulle, who headed our opera house for fifteen years and who earlier this season presented the world premiere of his opera Cassandra. This prestigious distinction recognizes his extraordinary contribution to the world of culture and his continued commitment to making art accessible to all.

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  • La Monnaie wins Oper! Award for 'Best Future Project'

    On 29 January, the National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam hosted the 2024 Oper! Awards. La Monnaie was there to receive the award for 'Best Future Project', for its innovative sustainability policy. For almost 23 years, we have been dedicated to reducing the impact of our activities on the environment, a commitment we have intensified with the launch of our 'Green Opera' programme in 2020.

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  • Alain Altinoglu promoted to the rank of Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

    The French Ministry of Culture grants our Music Director this prestigious title for his outstanding artistic merits.

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