• La Monnaie nominated for three International Opera Awards

    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.

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  • MMM 47, the ‘Trilogia’ special

    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.

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  • ‘Penthesilea’ is presented with an International Classical Music Award

    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.

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  • Opera Awards 2020: vote now

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

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  • Alain Altinoglu, Musical Director of La Monnaie until 2025

    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.

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  • Opernwelt crowns Romeo Castellucci ‘director of the year’

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

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  • Critical acclaim for ‘Jakob Lenz’ on dvd

    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.

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  • First ever recording of Pascal Dusapin’s 'Penthesilea' released

    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.

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  • La Monnaie is hiring !

    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 2nd soloist violin II and cello tutti.

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  • Opera summer on RTBF

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

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  • La Monnaie at the ‘Opéra Monde’ exhibition at the Centre Pompidou Metz

    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 21st.  

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