On this World Opera Day, Opera Europa – a collective of 222 European opera companies, including La Monnaie – and OperaVision are launching a charity campaign in support of
Ukrainian opera artists.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many of the country's theaters have been severely damaged or even destroyed by bombing, and many promising artistic careers have been cut short. On the occasion of World Opera Day, Opera Europa and OperaVision are launching a series of charity actions in support of the artists, as well as the administrative and technical staff of these theaters. Several artists will be taken in by other European
companies in the network, to help them pursue their careers and give them the capacity to
rebuild the cultural landscape of their countries.
OperaVision is also streaming the opera The Golden Crown, an opera by the Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky, together with six other productions, to raise donations in support of Ukrainian artists. It is possible to make donations via the platform Transnational Giving Europe, a network of 20 leading European foundations that supports cross-border intra-European philanthropy, or through the online campaign GoFundMe.
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.
