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Bordeaux's national opera turns to recording amid COVID-19 lockdown

In the absence of live shows due to the coronavirus lockdown, Bordeaux's national opera is recording an album for its most ardent followers.

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Rolando Villazón and Xavier de Maistre explore the soul of Latin America

What happens when a famous tenor and a master of the harp get together? The result is a very special programme: Rolando Villazón and Xavier de Maistre present the 'Serenata Latina' – “Across Latin America”. Latin American melodies intimate – in this edition of Musica on euronews and

World

Greek National Opera entices people back to the theatre after hiatus

It has been a seven-month break but the Greek National Opera is finally welcoming back audiences in Athens. With a number of health restrictions measures in place, the company’s singers have found an original way of convincing the public it is a safe activity.

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Aida: unheard version receives rapturous reception at La Scala

149 years ago, Giusppe Verdi replaced the original opening to the third act of his celebrated opera, Aida and it has remained unheard. Until now. Musica reports on the rapturously-received alternative version as performed at La Scala in Milan.

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English National Opera begins drive-in performances

As COVID-19 restrictions put a halt to traditional indoor performances, the almost 90-year-old opera company is embracing an open-air alternative: the drive-in.

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Perpetual Music: Rolando Villazón and Renaud Capuçon mesmerise Paris

Rolex Perpetual Music is a concert series designed to help performers during the difficult time caused by the pandemic. Musica takes a trip to Paris' wonderful Palais Garnier to see the third and final concert in the series.

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Talented musicians join forces for the Perpetual Music Concert series

In this edition of Musica on Euronews, opera soprano Sonya Yoncheva puts on a unique performance in Berlin with an array of international musicians.

Russia

Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopens after six month coronvirus lockdown

The theatre kicked off its 245th season to a mask-wearing half-empty auditorium with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Don Carlo”.

Musica

Rolex Perpetual Music Concerts launched to support performers

The first of a series of Rolex Perpetual Music Concerts to support singers and musicians during this critical time has taken place. It was led by celebrated Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez, who handpicked the stellar cast of performers.

Musica

The show goes on: 'Così fan tutte' at the Salzburg Festival

The show goes on: Così fan tutte performed at the Salzburg Festival. Austria's music and drama festival returns to celebrate its first centenary, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Italy

Coronavirus consolation as open-air opera lifts spirits in Naples

Naples is taking opera into the town square to thank its medical workers – and bring hope to residents.

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Venice's La Fenice opera house reinvents itself for post-lockdown era

Musicians played where once the audience would have sat.

Living

Barcelona opera house opens with concert exclusively for plants

Organisers even printed tickets for each of the plants who attended the event.

Spain

Barcelona's Liceu opera house reopens for performance to potted plants

The capacity audience of 2,292 plants is the idea of visual artist Eugenio Ampudia, who wanted to explore people's relationship with nature during the lockdown

Germany

Wagner in a car park: Berlin opera adapts to COVID-19

The German Opera in Berlin has found an unusual way of bringing one of Wagner's masterpieces back to the nation while respecting social distancing measures.

Musica

La Scala premiers Rossini's Il Turco in Italia

The opera is a tragi-comedy of love, lust and mistaken identity

USA

Opera singer Placido Domingo apologises after sex harrassment claims

Placido Domingo's apology came hours before a US opera union found him guilty of "inappropriate activity, ranging from flirtation to sexual advances".

Musica

Der Messias: Robert Wilson stages Mozart's oratorio in Salzburg

Der Messias which premiered in Mozart Week in Salzburg in a production staged by American director and visual artist Robert Wilson, known as the 'master of minimalism'

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Striking Paris Opera holds free open-air concert

Saturday's concert comes after six weeks of labour strikes and nationwide protests against government plans to overhaul France's pension system.

Musica

Comedy without the clichés: Don Pasquale charms Zurich

Stage Director Christof Loy has taken a new look at the old classic, ditching the usual clichés to focus instead on the complexity of the characters.