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Théâtre des Champs-Elysées - Season 2024-2025
The new Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 2024-25 season is a celebration of all the colours and forms of the musical and choreographic arts. The year will kick off with a tribute to opera, in the form of a choreographed version of Bach's St John Passion by Sasha Waltz. Next, Francis Poulenc and Olivier Py's legendary production of Dialogues des Carmélites, followed by Handel’s Semele, Massenet's Werther with Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti, then Warlinkowski's Rosenkavalier at the end of the season. Not to mention some twenty concert version operas to suit all tastes, ranging from Lully, Bach, Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Rossini all the way to Weber. Several great French and international vocalists will be performing recitals, as will the most prominent pianists from all over the world. On the symphonic side, Les Siècles orchestra will extend their residence, and the season will be filled many great international orchestras such as the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Orchestre National de France, The Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, or the Orchestre de chambre de Paris. The season will be peppered with its legendary Sunday Morning Concerts series, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary ; and let’s not forget some of the world's leading dance companies such as the Canada National Ballet, or the Ukraine National Opera Ballet.
Greek National Opera - season 2024-2025
The 2024/25 season of the Greek National Opera will open with a remarkable international co-production with the famous Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival and the Opéra national de Paris. The double bill will feature Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride, under the direction of the acclaimed Russian director Dmitri Tcherniakov.
The new productions of the season also include the opera by Rachmaninoff Aleko directed by the unique Fanny Ardant, Verdi’s La forza del destino directed by Rodoula Gaitanou, the unknown gem by Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras Flora mirabilis directed by Yannis Skourletis, and Puccini’s operatic swan song Turandot directed by Andrei Şerban, with sets and costumes designed by internationally acclaimed Greek designer Chloe Obolensky.
The GNO Ballet will present two new productions –Tchaikovsky, choreographed by Cayetano Soto, and the Golden Age, directed, choreographed and with sets designed by Konstantinos Rigos–, as well as a revival of the classical ballet Don Quixote, choreographed by Thiago Bordin.
The GNO is bringing back its outstanding co-production of Lucia di Lammermoor with the Royal Opera House in London directed by Katie Mitchell, La bohème in the staging by renowned Graham Vick, Bluebeard’s Castle under the direction of Themelis Glynatsis, and Rigoletto directed by Katerina Evangelatos.