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Maria Agresta withdraws from La Forza del Destino, Anna Pirozzi replaces her at the Liceu

Next November at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Maria Agresta was supposed to sing Donna Leonora in La Forza del Destino for the first time on stage. She has decided not to do so, believing that the time has not yet come. She will be replaced by Anna Pirozzi. From 9th to 19th November, Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu will be staging Verdi's La Forza del Destino, in a production by director Jean-Claude Auvray, which Paris audiences have already seen in 2011 and will see again in...

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Published onthe 11 of October

The Paris Opera presents its 2018-2019 anniversary season, at the meeting point between tradition and modernity

As a national opera, the Paris Opera has historically taken on the role of preserving France's operatic heritage and bringing French opera to life. For all that, opera is obviously a distinctly living art form and since the beginning of his mandate at the head of the Parisian establishment, Stéphane Lissner has also been committed to contributing to updating the repertoire and has been working to diversify the cultural range of France's famous Opera. This is the reason for...

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Published onthe 30 of January

Paris Opera, Lissner Season 2: the 2016/2017 Season

At the Opéra de Paris, Stéphane Lissner, like any new director making his ambitions known, was met by sceptics and naysayers lying in wait for him, along with all those who wished him less than well: the success of his first performances quickly swept away all the reservations and banana peels strewn in his path. His success was obvious, hailed by national and international critics and corroborated by the enthusiasm of the audiences filling the halls.This success is of course...

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Published onthe 10 of February