News

13 June 2020 After months of cultural slumber, La Monnaie is looking forward to the launch of the 2020-21 season. However, in the current situation, we are obliged to take the programming for the start of our cultural year back to the drawing board. Our world creation of The Time of Our Singing has to be postponed until next season, while we have also had to cancel our production of The Sleeping Thousand. At the same time, we are presenting a Corona-proof alternative in our new production Is this the end?

11 June 2020 For three weeks, our Concertini will resound at La Monnaie again. Since our musicians still have to perform without an audience for now, these unique chamber music performances, renamed Concert-E-ni, can be viewed on our website at the usual time: friday at 12:30. You will be able to rewatch these concerts as much as you like for one week.

26 May 2020 Given the current, unpredictable situation, La Monnaie has decided to halt the sale of new season tickets, as well as the sale of single tickets for the 2020-21 season. As soon as we know more about the further development of the exit strategy and the start of the new season in September, we will communicate a new date.

5 May 2020 La Monnaie gives you several options to have your ticket for one of our cancelled performances compensated, as well as the possibility to support us in these challenging times.

20 Apr 2020 Following the extension of the safety measures to combat the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are obliged to cancel all productions and events until the end of the season.

31 Mar 2020 Our new production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s magical opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan has won the Casta Diva Award for ‘best European opera event’.

14 Feb 2020 Now that film awards season is well behind us, all eyes shift to the world of opera with the recently announced nominations for the International Opera Awards. La Monnaie in the running for a statuette in three categories: Best Opera Company, Best New Production with our Musical Director Alain Altinoglu among the nominees for Best Conductor.

31 Jan 2020 MMM 47, the latest edition of our in house magazine is out now! Find your copy in and around our theatre to dive deeper into our programming.

22 Jan 2020 On 21 January, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners for the 2020 edition, which mark the tenth anniversary of this prestigious musical recognition. La Monnaie received the award in the category “contemporary” for the double cd of Pascal Dusapin’s Penthesilea.

19 Dec 2019 Nominate your favourite productions, artists, recordings… of 2019 for an International Opera Award.

5 Dec 2019 Alain Altinoglu’s contract as Musical Director of La Monnaie has just been extended until 2025, a commitment he will combine with his new position as new Music Director of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony starting from the 2021-2022 season. Peter de Caluwe and the teams of La Monnaie are proud to be able to continue this collaboration for the next six years.

26 Nov 2019 A special on Jacques Offenbach and Les Contes d’Hoffmann, an interview with Jodie Devos, the coup de coeurs of meteorologist Jill Peeters and chocolatier Pierre Marcolini, and Alain Altinoglu himself who presents the New Year’s concert…