Ten personalities in support of our opera house.
What do Edouard Vermeulen, Enea Scala, Hadja Lahbib and Gisèle Croës have in common? And what is their link with Portland, Stéphane Degout, Sally Matthews and Arne Quinze? Together with Max Jadot and Charles Peugeot, they are part of the MM AMBASSADORS project. A new initiative by La Monnaie that introduces artists, CEOs, singers and other prominent personalities who not only value the role of culture in our society, but who also actively defend it. They are people who appreciate La Monnaie's project and support it with the clout and kudos they have within their sector. We are proud to present these Ambassadors to the general public and, together with them, we are committed to giving culture even greater weight in the public debate. Because it is needed more than ever.
As part of the worldwide Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the façade of La Monnaie was lit up in pink on Sunday, 19 October. Through this symbolic gesture, our house aims to highlight what is still insufficiently known about the disease.
During a literary encounter with J. M. Coetzee on the stage of La Monnaie, Christina Scheppelmann announced that the 2003 Nobel Prize winner in Literature is writing a libretto for a new La Monnaie opera, to be premiered in the 2027–2028 season: Elizabeth Costello in limbo.
Christina Scheppelmann, who became the first female General and Artistic Director of La Monnaie this season, has been nominated for the ELLE Woman of the Year 2025 award.
