Famous for its “cold song”, the semi-opera King Arthur tells of the birth of Britain and the victory of King Arthur over the Saxons. Here, Henry Purcell has composed his most elegant stage music in which tragedy alternates with humour.
In May, the maestro Ricardo Muti will honour the Grand Théâtre with his presence. For this gala concert he will conduct the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, which he founded in 2004 to give young Italian musicians the opportunity to forge solid orchestral experience.
Over the course of a year, the stage of the Opéra des Nations will play host to the Da Ponte trilogy, Mozart’s three operas created in collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. In this masterpiece, in which the grotesque flirts with the tragic, we reach the quintessence of Mozart’s genius.
Now aged 42, Mikhail Petrenko is invited to perform with the greatest conductors on the greatest operatic stages. Whether he is playing Mephistopheles in Faust, Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Heinrich in Lohengrin, or Hagen in Götterdämmerung, the artist wins over his audience, recalling the great Russian basses who have made their mark on the operatic repertoire.
