Shortlisted for the Fedora Prize in the Opera category is our production The Time of our Singing, which will have its world première in September 2021. The recipient of the prestigious award and monetary prize of 75,000 euros that accompanies it is decided by vote. You can support La Monnaie until February 26th. All it takes is a couple of clicks!
Every year the European support platform Fedora awards a number of prizes for innovative art projects. This year La Monnaie is in with a good chance of winning with The Time of Our Singing, the latest opera by the Belgian composer Kris Defoort. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Powers, it is a gripping family saga about identity, art and civil rights in a compelling symbiosis of jazz and classical.
The Fedora Prize includes a monetary award of 75,000 euros. The winner is decided on the basis of the number of votes it attracts. So you can give La Monnaie a helping hand today by casting your vote for The Time of Our Singing!
On 29 July and 1 August 2026, the world’s most prestigious opera festival will welcome the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Alain Altinoglu for two concert performances of Massenet’s Werther.
La Monnaie Chorus Master Emmanuel Trenque has been awarded the Médaille du Rayonnement Culturel by La Renaissance Française.
On December 14th at 3 p.m., two singers from the MM Academy and the Cassandra Choir will take part in the annual charity Christmas concert organised by the be.Source Foundation at the Sablon.
