© 2026 Ring Festival
© 2026 Ring Festival
In November 2026, the Paris Opera will present two complete cycles of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen as part of a 'Ring Festival'. In addition to performances of the tetralogy's four operas, the Parisian institution has planned a variety of other events. Tickets are now on sale, with several passes and options available for festival-goers. For opera lovers, Der Ring des Nibelungen stands out as a work of lyrical excess: four parts (the prologue to Das Rheingold,...
Lawrence Brownlee was due to perform the title role in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées' revival of Robinson Crusoe this December. He has withdrawn and will be replaced by the energetic young Madagascan tenor, Sahy Ratia. As part of its 'Fééries Montaigne' series, the theatre will revive Robinson Crusoe, rarely performed work from Offenbach's repertoire, from 3 to 14 December. The Parisian theatre initially cast Lawrence Brownlee in...
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...
Next month, Marina Viotti was due to make her debut as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. She will be replaced by Irish mezzo Niamh O'Sullivan. The 2024/25 season at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France, was to be an opportunity for Marina Viotti to take on two new roles: her first Charlotte in Werther, a role in which the mezzo has just delighted audiences and critics alongside Benjamin...
After her debut at the Opéra national de Paris in 2018 in one of her signature roles, Violetta in La traviata, the soprano Marina Rebeka finally returns to the Parisian opera house for the five-act version of Verdi's Don Carlos (in French). She is thus continuing a solid career built around Rossini, bel canto and Verdi, although the French repertoire (Massenet's Thaïs and Gounod's Faust) and verismo (from Puccini onwards) are also beginning to play an...
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...