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.
Nominate your favourite productions, artists, recordings… of 2019 for an International Opera Award.
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.
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…
In its Jahrbuch 2019, the Opernwelt magazine has bestowed to Romeo Castellucci three awards, including the prestigious title ‘Director of the Year’.
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.
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.
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.
Every Friday night this summer, La Trois television channel will whisk you off to the opera! The broadcasts include three performances from La Monnaie.
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.
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.
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.
