With the world premiere of ‘Frankenstein’, the first opera of Mark Grey is finally coming to life. We sat down with the American composer and sound engineer, discussing his interpretation of Mary Shelley's famous science fiction novel. How did he and director Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) manage to transport the centuries-old creature to the present day (and even the distant future)?
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In the last few years, Barbara Hannigan has made unforgettable debuts in several soprano roles at La Monnaie, founded a mentoring initiative for young singers and won a Grammy. Now, with a semi-staged version of Stravinsky’s “diabolic” opera The Rake’s Progress, she will be making her debut as… an operatic conductor. Time for an interview with this Canadian superstar, who, with that many talents, surely must have made her own pact with the devil.
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On 8 March, the very first opera of the US composer Mark Grey will be created at La Monnaie : Frankenstein. The original novel by Mary Shelley is brought to the stage by La Fura dels Baus in an impressive sci-fi setting. The Catalan collective has previous been invited to La Monnaie for Le Grand Macabre, Œdipe and Un ballo in maschera.
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On 17 February, Alain Altinoglu and the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will perform the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven during the third concert of our Beethoven cycle.
La Monnaie invited the Belgian composer Wim Henderickx to compose an original piece inspired by Beethoven’s work.
His harp concerto ‘… after a soft Silence, an enormous Thunder …’ will be performed for the first time with Agnès Clément as soloist.
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In January, director Olivier Py returns to La Monnaie with his staging of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli. It marks his fifth visit to our opera house, after Les Huguenots (2011), Hamlet (2013), Dialogues des Carmélites (2017) et Lohengrin (2018). We went in search of the artistic credo underlying his art and his work at La Monnaie.
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The soprano Véronique Gens is a regular on our stage. She made her debut here as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) and then performed Iphigénie (Iphigénie en Aulide), Roi Gaële (Alceste), Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito) and, most recently, Madame Lidoine (Dialogues des Carmélites). She is also a passionate interpreter of French mélodie.
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La Gioconda is one of those forgotten nineteenth century masterpieces: a grand drama with six leading roles, huge choral parts and a spectacular ballet... La Monnaie brings this all too rarely performed jewel of Italian ‘grande opera’. Not to be missed!
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On 6 January, Alain Altinoglu and the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will perform the Second and Fourth Symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven during the second concert of our Beethoven cycle. La Monnaie invited the Spanish composer Mauricio Sotelo to compose an original piece inspired by Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony. His clarinet concerto L’angelo necessario will be performed for the first time with Antonio Capolupo as soloist.
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In December, director Laurent Pelly returns to La Monnaie with his staging of Don Pasquale, Donizetti's celebrated opera buffa. It marks his fourth visit to our opera house, after Don Quichotte (2010), Cendrillon (2011) and The Golden Cockerel (2016). We went in search of the artistic credo underlying his art and his work at La Monnaie.
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