Vocalissimo
Bring someone for free to every recital at La Monnaie
An intimate concert evening in the red velvet of our Great Hall, with on stage some of the world’s most celebrated Lieder singers and on their programme music that has stirred the soul of audiences for centuries ... What's not to like?
This season, La Monnaie would like to offer as many people as possible the chance to share this truly special experience. That is why, for each ticket purchased, you can now invite someone for free to all recitals at our opera house! So surprise your loved one, take your grandmother on a night out or convince that notorious classical music sceptic of a neighbour with one of our two remaining song evenings. Booking is easy: on the seating plan, select as many seats as you want within the same category, and on the payment page, the discount is automatically deducted! Moreover, the existing discounts for young people (€10/25), children (free) and people over 65 (-25%) continue to apply too!
Did you already order tickets for one of these performances? Then please do contact MM Tickets so you can enjoy this benefit too and get your extra seats.
Lamenti
Silvia Tro Santafé & Narratio Quartet
3.3.2025 (20:00) • Main Hall
When words are no longer enough to express our most intimate feelings, music becomes the language of choice. Accompanied by Julian Reynolds and the Narratio Quartet, Silvia Tro Santafé deploys the full richness of her voice in a two-part recital exploring the intense and profound emotions of Italian lamenti by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Rossini and Bellini, amongst others.
Europa – A prayer
Karine Deshayes & Ensemble Contraste
23.4.2025 (20:00) • Main Hall
This recital draws on the works of composers who were inspired by traditional music from Central Europe. Both the klezmer rooted in liturgical hymns and the authentic folk melodies are imbued with warm vitality and exuberance, but also with a sense of melancholy oppression, the mark left by a long history of rejection and exile. Together with the Ensemble Contraste, Karine Deshayes crosses songs such as Maurice Ravel’s Kaddish, Kurt Weill’s Youkali and Antonín Dvořák’s Gypsy Songs with instrumental dances by Béla Bartók, chamber music by Gustav Mahler and John Williams’ poignant soundtrack for Schindler’s List. Under the title Europa – A Prayer, theirs is an outspoken plea for diversity as a source of richness and for art as a unifying experience.
