On 29 May, 1 and 3 June 2018, Sevag Tachdjian (photo) sings the role of Orest's tutor in R. Strauss's Elektra, a free adaptation of the Sophocles legend, at Bordeaux Opera. The direction is assured by Paul Daniel and staging by Justin Way.
Isabelle Druet will be in Paris, at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, with the program Au pays où se fait la guerre, accompanied by the Giardini quartet as part of the Palazzetto Bru Zane Paris Festival. To discover on 6 June 2018 at 20:30 with works by Bonis, Offenbach, Chaminade, Fauré, Donizetti, Godard, Duparc, Debussy, Hahn, N. Boulanger, and Dubois.
In Avignon, at the Opera Confluence, Aline Martin (photo) is Annina in G. Verdi's Traviata on 8 and 10 June 2018. Samuel Jean will conduct the Avignon-Provence Regional Orchestra and staging will be provided by Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera.
We end with two great opportunities to celebrate Debussy on the occasion of the centenary of his death.
In North America, bass Frédéric Caton will sings Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande by C. Debussy at the Festival Classica de Montréal in Saint-Lambert on 8 June 2018 at 19:00. He will be part of this same production, for a concert version, at the Opéra Québec Festival on 29 July 2018 at Palais Montcalm.
In Arles, we can hear soprano Hélène Carpentier who will sing in a Debussy program with the pianist Michel Béroff on 3 June 2018 at 11:00 at the Chapelle du Méjan.