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Gessler’s hat became a metaphor for enforced submissive behaviour. When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for the first time. With Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role and Luigi De Donato in that of the Governor.

Opéra de Lausanne

The Swiss national hero must shoot the apple off his son’s head on the stage of the Opéra de Lausanne.

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell

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Finland may be the happiest country on earth, but it is also known as the land of a thousand sad songs. Lurking in the shadows of this Nordic welfare state are violence, alcoholism and inequality. A century after its premiere, the most Finnish of all operas is now being performed in a new production at the Helsinki Opera House.

Finnish National Opera Helsinki

A tale of love, murder and oppression: Finland's national opera turns 100!

Leevi Madetoja: The Ostrobothnians

Mikko Franck invites counter-alto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Maîtrise de Radio France to perform works by Dutilleux, Mahler and Strauss.

With Marie-Nicole Lemieux

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France joins forces with Quebec counter-alto Marie-Nicole Lemieux.

Mikko Franck

In the 18th century, Hamburg Opera broke free from the influence of Italy, giving rise to a new musical culture in Germany. Counter-tenor Max Emanuel Cenčić offers us a glimpse of this vibrant operatic life from the stage of the stunning Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, accompanied by Christoph Rousset's Les Talens Lyriques.

Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024

Max Emanuel Cenčić takes us back to the rich tradition of Hamburg opera.

Max Emanuel Cenčić & Les Talens Lyriques

Since the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival was founded in 2020, the city of Bayreuth has become a mecca for Baroque music. Max Emanuel Cenčić, the Festival Director who won the Oper! Award 2024, has once again brought together virtuosos of the lyric art. Sandrine Piau invites us to savour the frivolity of 18th-century Rome through cantatas with enchanting notes.

Frivolous cantatas about 18th-century Rome with Sandrine Piau, from the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024.

Sandrine Piau & Les Talens Lyriques

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Under the theme of ‘Mediterranean Crossing’, the 2024 edition of the world music festival will focus on the musical cross-fertilisation of the Mediterranean sphere, a unique cultural space linking Europe, Asia and Africa. It's a colourful journey through artists with a wide range of influences.

This Nuremburg festival is the ideal occasion to discover a range of resolutely modern artists from across Europe and beyond.

Bardentreffen Festival

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A tale of love, murder and oppression – Finland's national opera turns 100!

Guercœur, the knight and a freedom fighter, meets with an early death and ends up in heaven. But his soul is unable to rest and begs to be returned to earth. At the Opéra national du Rhin, Stéphane Degout plays the title role under the direction of Ingo Metzmacher, while Christof Loy’s staging explores the boundaries between the two worlds.

Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg

Allowed to return to earth just two years after his death, the knight Guercœur hopes to regain his freedom and be reunited with his love. But his hopes will be short-lived.

Albéric Magnard: Guercœur

“Adriana Lecouvreur”, Calabrian composer Francesco Cilea’s most famous work, is a lyrical retelling of the story of Adrienne Lecouvreur, the famous Parisian actress who died in suspicious circumstances in 1730.

Latvian National Opera, Riga

The Latvian National Opera presents Francesco Cilea’s opera on the tragic story of Adriana Lecouvreur.

Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

Lea Desandre, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants introduce Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Médée to the repertoire of the Opéra national de Paris, directed by David McVicar.

Paris National Opera

Charpentier’s masterpiece in a stunning production from Lea Desandre, William Christie and David McVicar.