News

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…

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.