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.
Every year in October, pink becomes a universal symbol of solidarity in the fight against breast cancer. In Belgium, 1 in 8 women is affected by this disease, making it the most common cancer among women in the country. This is an opportunity to remind people of the importance of mammography screening, of supporting research and helping patients and their loved ones. By lighting up the façade of its theatre in pink, La Monnaie shows its support for Think Pink, the national organisation fighting breast cancer.
If you would also like to contribute, Think Pink offers several ways to get involved: by wearing a pink ribbon to show your solidarity; by spreading the word about the ‘J'peux pas, j'ai Mammo’ campaign, which encourages mammography screenings among those most statistically affected by the disease; by participating in Races for the Cure, walks and runs organised in support of research and patients throughout Belgium from September 20th to November 2nd; by creating your own initiative for Think Pink; or by making a donation to fund concrete prevention, research and support initiatives where the need is most urgent.
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.
On 29 September 2025, the façade of La Monnaie will turn red for World Heart Day. With this symbolic gesture, our opera house joins a global movement raising awareness about cardiovascular diseases.
