La Monnaie’s production of Bernard Foccroulle’s Cassandra and its stage director Marie-Eve Signeyrole have been nominated at the International Opera Awards 2024. These prestigious awards recognise the best and most innovative projects programmed on the international stage.
This year’s International Opera Awards ceremony will be held on 2 October at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and will be broadcast live on OperaVision.
La Monnaie is delighted to learn that Bernard Foccroulle’s Cassandra, which opened our 2023-24 season, has been nominated for Best World Premiere. Marie-Eve Signeyrole, who brought this new creation to the stage, has been nominated for Best Director. We also rejoice in the nomination of soprano Elsa Dreisig, whom will welcome at La Monnaie for the recital Dichterliebe later on this season, in the Best Female Singer category. Finally, we would like to congratulate our colleagues of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège on their nomination as Best Opera Company.
La Monnaie has previously won awards for Best New Production for The Tale of Tsar Saltan and From the House of the Dead, Best World Premiere for The Time of Our Singing and the Equal Opportunities & Impact Award for our social programme A bridge between two worlds.
See the full list of nominees here.
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.
Last night, the International Opera Awards were held at the Greek National Opera. Music director Alain Altinoglu won the award for Best Conductor.
Get out the napkins because La Monnaie is participating in The Biggest Spaghetti Fest in the World! On Saturday, November 22, we are offering 100 vegetarian meals, accompanied by a guided tour of our Workshops, in support of non-profit organisation Groot Eiland.
