The new book Opera, de Munt uit de doeken, published in association with La Renaissance du Livre, is available to all those who subscribed at the box office (Leopoldstraat 23, 1000 Brussels / open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm) and in the La Monnaie bookshop when a performance is on. Read the rest of this entry »

La Monnaie opens a new season with a festival of creations «September breeze»
On the program :

Gurrelieder - an exceptional concert
Friedrich Cerha & co - a world creation of a songcycle
Apocrifu - a creation by choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Roman Tragedies - Shakespeare by Ivo van Hove
Phaedra - world creation of the new opera by Hans Werner Henze Read the rest of this entry »

“Europe is an idea of man, long before the creation of a form of government” (Giorgio Strehler)

Now that the European Union is welcoming ten new member states, we, artists and cultural leaders, wish to appeal to the leaders of the nations and governments, and to members and officials of the European Institutions . Read the rest of this entry »