Articles linked to Théâtre Antique d'Orange

Musiques en fête 2025 will feature Ermonela Jaho, Benjamin Bernheim and Arturo Chacón-Cruz

The 15th edition of Musiques en fête, dedicated to cinema, will take place on 20 June 2025, starting at 9 p.m. (French time). Famous opera arias will alternate with the most beautiful film scores, performed by twenty opera singers and over 150 musicians. Held every June, Musiques en fête has become a popular event in France dedicated to classical music, kicking off the music festival season. For one evening at the Théâtre Antique d'Orange, the programme...

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Published onthe 07 of June

Chorégies d'Orange 2025: two Verdi operas and Mozart's Requiem

After several seasons in the red, the Chorégies d'Orange festival is showing financial improvement and new ambitions: the 2025 edition of the French festival promises Il Trovatore and La Forza del destino, as well as a Mozart Requiem and Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio. Not least because of financial difficulties, recent editions of the Chorégies d'Orange have had to make do with a reduced programme - instead of the traditional two operas performed each...

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Published onthe 04 of March

Carmen: “Red Pepper, Scarlet Flower”

If Carmen is today the most played opera in the world, it wasn't as acclaimed when it was created (mostly because of the libretto considered as "scandalous"). Bizet's work is an ode to freedom which ends in tragedy and questions us about the meanings of passion and duty. And this year, the french festival Les Chorégies d'Oranges is giving a new production with Kate Aldrich singing the title role, besides Jonas...

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Published onthe 06 of July