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Festival
Bayreuth Baroque Festival 2023
In its fourth edition, the BAYREUTH BAROQUE opera festival will offer two staged opera productions for the first time in autumn 2023. At the opening, artistic director Max Emanuel Cencic will present his take on Handel's Flavio, Re de' Longobardi. A political satire with which the composer took the stereotypes of the heroic opera in his stride, surprising not only the London audience of the time. With the castrato Senesino and the prima donna Francesca Cuzzoni, the London premiere in 1723 featured two of the top stars of the opera scene at the time. Exactly 300 years later, the audience can now expect an equally virtuosic ensemble led by Julia Lezhneva, Yuriy Mynenko and Max Emanuel Cencic. They are accompanied by Concerto Köln under Benjamin Bayl.
The second premiere takes us back to the birth of opera to Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, which is translated into the 21st century with transcriptions, live electronics and partly newly composed music. Rolando Villazón embodies the title role of this exciting new version.
In addition to the performances in the Margravial Opera House, the music is also taken out into the city with a series of top-class concerts. These include gala evenings with Valer Sabadus and Daniel Behle in the opera house and concerts with Véronique Gens and Bruno de Sá in historic Margravial churches. Concerto Köln, one of the most important and significant baroque orchestras in Germany will be Orchestra in Residence.
Travel
Euridice Opera, personalised opera trips
For more than 25 years, Euridice Opera has been offering music trips to the most famous opera houses and opera festivals such as the Vienna Staatsoper, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London, the Bayreuth Festival, the Salzburg Festival, the Verona Festival, the Munich Festival...
From France or abroad, with Euridice Opera you will experience a unique musical experience and attend exceptional symphonic and operatic evenings sung by the most beautiful voices nowadays such as Lisette Oropesa, Asmik Grigorian, Sonya Yoncheva, Elina Garanca, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Florez and Benjamin Bernheim.
Euridice Opera organize trips for individuals and also for pre-constituted groups.
We offer you:
-transport on regular flights or train on request,
-private airport - hotel - airport transfers,
-a selection of the most beautiful hotels within walking distance of your performances,
-excellent show tickets,
-a personalised quality service,
-ease of booking,
-guaranteed departures, with no minimum number of participants.
The pleasure of travelling starts from your first contact with your unique and privileged interlocutor, who will follow your file until your return home.
The key words of Euridice Opera are emotion, excellence and exclusivity, for unforgettable top of the range music trips.
Festival
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2023
For over 40 years, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has been synonymous with musical passion! Every year, for 10 days, the city becomes the meeting place for jazz fans from around the world who come to enjoy the 150 indoor concerts. And let's not forget the renowned outdoor program, which features more than 300 free open-air concerts on the Place des Festivals, which has been specially redesigned and set up for the event.
Each year, the Festival offers a program where living legends rub shoulders with the finest up-and-coming artists. It's a place where jazz explodes at the crossroads of genres and influences, proving more than ever that it's alive and well in the heart of a scene bursting with creativity.
This summer, from June 29 to July 8, experience the jazz effect in Montreal!