Next year, the non-profit association 'Mortier Awards' will present the Mortier Next Generation Award, for the fourth time. This prize, worth € 30,000, supports artistic projects of young artists in keeping with the spirit of Gerard Mortier, former La Monnaie director and great innovator of the art form opera.
La Monnaie invites all Belgian amateur choirs to perform a key scene from Kris Defoort’s opera The Time Of Our Singing!
From July 5 to 7, the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will perform three concerts at the ‘Festival International de Colmar’, a prestigious music festival under the artistic direction of Alain Altinoglu.
The music world is in mourning. On Sunday 16 June, the Belgian soprano Jodie Devos, one the greatest opera talents of her generation, passed away from breast cancer at the age of 35.
Which productions, artists, recordings and special projects coloured the past opera season for you? Draw your list of favourites and reward them with a nomination for the International Opera Awards 2024!
In Octobre 2023, La Monnaie made waves with Das Rheingold, the first part of its new Ring cycle. Today, this production was awarded the prize for best scenography by the French Comité du Syndicat de la Critique.
‘There will be Fate’, the 2023-24 La Monnaie season campaign took away the first prize in the category ‘Design’ at the Creative Belgium Awards.
On May 7, Collectif 17h25 launched an innovative standard module for set construction: MOD 200. With the prototype phase now completed, the participating partners, including La Monnaie, are starting the production of these structures, and will implement them in set construction as of the 2024-25 season.
Ten young students from the Institut des Filles de Marie take their first steps on stage in Ali.
Due to renovation works, the Monnaie / Munt car park will no longer be accessible from 1 April. The public of La Monnaie will be able to use three other car parks in the city centre, at the same preferential rate.
On 15 February 2024, KU Leuven and UCLouvain awarded their honorary doctorates. One of the three laureates was Bernard Foccroulle, who headed our opera house for fifteen years and who earlier this season presented the world premiere of his opera Cassandra. This prestigious distinction recognizes his extraordinary contribution to the world of culture and his continued commitment to making art accessible to all.
On 29 January, the National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam hosted the 2024 Oper! Awards. La Monnaie was there to receive the award for 'Best Future Project', for its innovative sustainability policy. For almost 23 years, we have been dedicated to reducing the impact of our activities on the environment, a commitment we have intensified with the launch of our 'Green Opera' programme in 2020.
