A real feast for the eyes and ears in 2023, La Monnaie’s production of Tchaikovsky’s most intimate and celebrated opera, directed by Laurent Pelly and conducted by Alain Altinoglu, is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and streaming via Naxos.
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“Laurent Pelly’s stark new staging of Yevgeny Onegin, which opened at La Monnaie in February, is one of colossal elegance and power.” (Opera Now)
In 2023, La Monnaie made the headlines with a new production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Yevgeny Onegin. In these celebrated ‘lyrical scenes’, the music is wholly used to articulate the feelings of the characters while the orchestra seeks to unify the musical idiom by means of compulsive themes of great subtlety. We encounter frustrated human beings, the playthings of fate, and are confronted with their fantasies and inner torments. The production, directed by Laurent Pelly, conducted by Alain Altinoglu and with Stéphane Degout and Sally Matthews in the lead roles, is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and streaming via the Naxos label.
On 21 November, the International Opera Awards will recognise the artists, productions and most innovative projects that marked the international opera scene in 2026. La Monnaie has received two nominations: the first for the opera Medusa and the second for the Green Opera project.
The former General and Artistic Director of La Monnaie will succeed Markus Hinterhäuser and take up his new position in Salzburg on 1 October, following the 2027 Festival edition.
This year, Mobility Week coincides with the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Brussels metro network. La Monnaie, which promotes sustainable mobility, has joined in the STIB’s celebrations by organising a pop-up fashion show at De Brouckère station on 15 September.
