• Opernwelt crowns Romeo Castellucci ‘director of the year’

    In its Jahrbuch 2019, the Opernwelt magazine has bestowed to Romeo Castellucci three awards, including the prestigious title ‘Director of the Year’.

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  • Critical acclaim for ‘Jakob Lenz’ on dvd

    Two months after its release, the dvd of La Monnaie’s Jakob Lenz has received huge critical acclaim, resulting in awards including Télérama’s ffff, The Diapason d'Or as well as the Diamant d’Opéra in this September’s edition of Opéra Magazine.

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  • First ever recording of Pascal Dusapin’s 'Penthesilea' released

    With Penthesilea, Pascal Dusapin delivered a wild, powerful music drama on the tragic love between Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons, and the Greek hero Achilles. The opera, recorded in full during the world creation at La Monnaie in 2015, will now be available on a double cd.

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  • La Monnaie is hiring !

    Always wanted to work in an opera house? Here’s your chance. We are currently hiring a digital marketeer, a carpenter, voice teacher ... And the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will be auditioning for 2nd soloist violin II and cello tutti.

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  • Opera summer on RTBF

    Every Friday night this summer, La Trois television channel will whisk you off to the opera! The broadcasts include three performances from La Monnaie.

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  • La Monnaie at the ‘Opéra Monde’ exhibition at the Centre Pompidou Metz

    La Monnaie has loaned several items from its archive collection to the Opéra Monde exhibition, which opened at the Centre Pompidou in Metz on June 21st.  

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  • Jakob Lenz now available on dvd

    To celebrate the upcoming revival at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, recording group Outhere just released La Monnaie’s award-winning production of Jakob Lenz on dvd.

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  • ‘From the House of the Dead’ wins La Monnaie International Opera Award for Best New Production

    On Monday 29 April 2019, the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London set the stage for the 2019 International Opera Awards Ceremony. La Monnaie took home the award for Best New Production with Janáček’s From the House of the Dead.

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  • ‘La Gioconda’ and ‘Frankenstein’ on OperaVision

    Had to miss our productions of La Gioconda and Frankenstein ? No worries. Both operas can be watched in full length until mid-August on the website of OperaVision.

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  • Our 2019–20 season

    The 2019-20 season of La Monnaie, introduced by general director Peter de Caluwe

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  • Discover the new season 2019–20

    On 19 March, General Director Peter de Caluwe presents the new 2019-20 opera season. It is a moment that we are eagerly anticipating. 

    to the 2019–20 season