News

26 Sept 2019 In its Jahrbuch 2019, the Opernwelt magazine has bestowed to Romeo Castellucci three awards, including the prestigious title ‘Director of the Year’.

3 Sept 2019 Two months after its release, the dvd of La Monnaie’s Jakob Lenz has received huge critical acclaim, resulting in awards including Télérama’s ffff, The Diapason d'Or as well as the Diamant d’Opéra in this September’s edition of Opéra Magazine.

27 Aug 2019 With Penthesilea, Pascal Dusapin delivered a wild, powerful music drama on the tragic love between Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons, and the Greek hero Achilles. The opera, recorded in full during the world creation at La Monnaie in 2015, will now be available on a double cd.

25 Aug 2019 Always wanted to work in an opera house? Here’s your chance. We are currently hiring a digital marketeer, a carpenter, voice teacher ... And the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will be auditioning for 2^nd soloist violin II and cello tutti.

3 July 2019 Every Friday night this summer, La Trois television channel will whisk you off to the opera! The broadcasts include three performances from La Monnaie.

3 July 2019 La Monnaie has loaned several items from its archive collection to the Opéra Monde exhibition, which opened at the Centre Pompidou in Metz on June 21^st.  

14 June 2019 To celebrate the upcoming revival at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, recording group Outhere just released La Monnaie’s award-winning production of Jakob Lenz on dvd.

3 May 2019 On Monday 29 April 2019, the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London set the stage for the 2019 International Opera Awards Ceremony. La Monnaie took home the award for Best New Production with Janáček’s From the House of the Dead.

24 Apr 2019 Had to miss our productions of La Gioconda and Frankenstein ? No worries. Both operas can be watched in full length until mid-August on the website of OperaVision.

19 Mar 2019 The 2019-20 season of La Monnaie, introduced by general director Peter de Caluwe

11 Mar 2019 On 19 March, General Director Peter de Caluwe presents the new 2019-20 opera season. It is a moment that we are eagerly anticipating. 

18 Feb 2019 With your support, La Monnaie can stand proudly on the podium and get nominated for the FEDORA Generali Prize for Opera Shortlist!