HET LIJFLIED Comes to Nationale Opera and Ballet
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2022
In Het lijflied (The Body’s Song) you’re taken on an adventure with Ina as she journeys through her own body. You’ll see her tuning into the chatter of the almighty mind, being swept away by the deafening beat of her heart, watching as a large poo is made in her bowls, and teaming up with her white blood cells to fight off a virus. When she returns to the outside world after her exciting adventure, she understands that her body is an ally she can count on.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2022
In Het lijflied (The Body’s Song) you’re taken on an adventure with Ina as she journeys through her own body. You’ll see her tuning into the chatter of the almighty mind, being swept away by the deafening beat of her heart, watching as a large poo is made in her bowls, and teaming up with her white blood cells to fight off a virus. When she returns to the outside world after her exciting adventure, she understands that her body is an ally she can count on.
Ivo Van Hove Directs AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY in Belgium
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2022
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is opening the upcoming opera season 2022-2023 in style with a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. This also marks the return of director Ivo van Hove to the house where it all began for him.
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2022
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is opening the upcoming opera season 2022-2023 in style with a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. This also marks the return of director Ivo van Hove to the house where it all began for him.
Detours Festival Kicks Off in Brussels Next Week
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2022
For the edition of this urban arts international festival, the Cyphers final takes place at the National Theater of Brussels-Wallonie, in order to “bring the theater to the street and the street to the theater” according to their motto. The festival will run from September 14th to the 18th.
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2022
For the edition of this urban arts international festival, the Cyphers final takes place at the National Theater of Brussels-Wallonie, in order to “bring the theater to the street and the street to the theater” according to their motto. The festival will run from September 14th to the 18th.
Detours Festival Comes to Brussels in September
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2022
After a summer rhythmed each week by a Detour Cyphers session, the Detours Festival happens in next September, from the 14th to the 18th. For the edition of this urban arts international festival, the Cyphers final takes place at the National Theater of Brussels-Wallonie, in order to “bring the theater to the street and the street to the theater” according to their motto.
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2022
After a summer rhythmed each week by a Detour Cyphers session, the Detours Festival happens in next September, from the 14th to the 18th. For the edition of this urban arts international festival, the Cyphers final takes place at the National Theater of Brussels-Wallonie, in order to “bring the theater to the street and the street to the theater” according to their motto.
Ivo Van Hove Will Direct AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY in September
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2022
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is opening the upcoming opera season 2022-2023 in style with a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. This also marks the return of director Ivo van Hove to the house where it all began for him.
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2022
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is opening the upcoming opera season 2022-2023 in style with a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. This also marks the return of director Ivo van Hove to the house where it all began for him.
Ivo Van Hove Directs Kurt Weill's AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2022
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is opening the upcoming opera season 2022-2023 in style with a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. This also marks the return of director Ivo van Hove to the house where it all began for him.
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2022
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is opening the upcoming opera season 2022-2023 in style with a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. This also marks the return of director Ivo van Hove to the house where it all began for him.
The Perpetuum Mobile Festival Kicks Off This Month
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2022
The third edition of the Perpetuum Mobile Festival takes place from 12 to 28 August 2022 at the Culturel Center Bruegel in Brussels. This dance festival is organised by The Dancing Society and welcomes worldwide artists.
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2022
The third edition of the Perpetuum Mobile Festival takes place from 12 to 28 August 2022 at the Culturel Center Bruegel in Brussels. This dance festival is organised by The Dancing Society and welcomes worldwide artists.
The Perpetuum Mobile Festival Set For Next Month
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2022
The third edition of the Perpetuum Mobile Festival takes place from 12 to 28 August 2022 at the Culturel Center Bruegel in Brussels. This dance festival is organised by The Dancing Society and welcomes worldwide artists.
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2022
The third edition of the Perpetuum Mobile Festival takes place from 12 to 28 August 2022 at the Culturel Center Bruegel in Brussels. This dance festival is organised by The Dancing Society and welcomes worldwide artists.
Alain Altinoglu Comes to La Monnaie in September
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2022
No festive year would be complete without a new creation! And so Belgian composer Harold Noben is writing a 'concerto for orchestra', completely tailored to our soloists. Music Director Alain Altinoglu is conducting the world premiere and will be demonstrating with Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche and the Vier letzte Lieder that Richard Strauss mastered more than one register.
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2022
No festive year would be complete without a new creation! And so Belgian composer Harold Noben is writing a 'concerto for orchestra', completely tailored to our soloists. Music Director Alain Altinoglu is conducting the world premiere and will be demonstrating with Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche and the Vier letzte Lieder that Richard Strauss mastered more than one register.
La Monnaie Launches 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2022
Between October 2023 and February 2025, La Monnaie presents a new production of Wagner's tetralogy, conducted by music director Alain Altinoglu and directed by Romeo Castellucci.
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2022
Between October 2023 and February 2025, La Monnaie presents a new production of Wagner's tetralogy, conducted by music director Alain Altinoglu and directed by Romeo Castellucci.
PIKOVAYA DAMA Comes to La Monnaie / De Munt in September
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2022
PIKOVAYA DAMA comes to La Monnaie / De Munt in September. Performances run 11-29 September.
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2022
PIKOVAYA DAMA comes to La Monnaie / De Munt in September. Performances run 11-29 September.
La Monnaie Launches Der Ring Des Nibelungen
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2022
Between October 2023 and February 2025, the new Monnaie Ring will be forged by music director Alain Altinoglu and director Romeo Castellucci - who began his opera career at La Monnaie with Parsifal in 2012.
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2022
Between October 2023 and February 2025, the new Monnaie Ring will be forged by music director Alain Altinoglu and director Romeo Castellucci - who began his opera career at La Monnaie with Parsifal in 2012.
La Monnaie, KVS and Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles present Troika 2022-23
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2022
With its vibrant dance scene, many companies and world-renowned dance school, Brussels still deserves its reputation as dance capital.
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2022
With its vibrant dance scene, many companies and world-renowned dance school, Brussels still deserves its reputation as dance capital.
Opening Night of LES HUGUENOTS Postponed to 15 June
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2022
The number of Covid cases has increased exponentially in the opera house. Unfortunately, this is also true for the production of Les Huguenots: several people from the chorus, orchestra, cast, dancers and technicians have tested positive.
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2022
The number of Covid cases has increased exponentially in the opera house. Unfortunately, this is also true for the production of Les Huguenots: several people from the chorus, orchestra, cast, dancers and technicians have tested positive.
LES HUGUENOTS Begins Performances at La Monnaie This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2022
LES HUGUENOTS by GIACOMO MEYERBEER comes to La Monnaie in June. His composition of the opera Les Huguenots, which features religious intolerance as one of its main themes, confirmed Meyerbeer's position as one of the most popular composers of the nineteenth century.
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2022
LES HUGUENOTS by GIACOMO MEYERBEER comes to La Monnaie in June. His composition of the opera Les Huguenots, which features religious intolerance as one of its main themes, confirmed Meyerbeer's position as one of the most popular composers of the nineteenth century.
LES HUGUENOTS Comes to La Monnaie in June
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2022
LES HUGUENOTS by GIACOMO MEYERBEER comes to La Monnaie in June. His composition of the opera Les Huguenots, which features religious intolerance as one of its main themes, confirmed Meyerbeer's position as one of the most popular composers of the nineteenth century.
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2022
LES HUGUENOTS by GIACOMO MEYERBEER comes to La Monnaie in June. His composition of the opera Les Huguenots, which features religious intolerance as one of its main themes, confirmed Meyerbeer's position as one of the most popular composers of the nineteenth century.
Bozar Presents Vivian Maier. The Self-Portrait and Its Double in June
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
For the first time in Belgium, a solo exhibition is devoted to the self-taught photographer Vivian Maier. A pioneer of street photography, she has nevertheless produced a large number of self-portraits, many of which will be exhibited at the Centre for Fine Arts this summer.
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
For the first time in Belgium, a solo exhibition is devoted to the self-taught photographer Vivian Maier. A pioneer of street photography, she has nevertheless produced a large number of self-portraits, many of which will be exhibited at the Centre for Fine Arts this summer.
La Monnaie/De Munt Releases New Podcast Series EC(H)O
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2022
EC(H)O is a podcast series (four episodes in Dutch and French) in which the sounds we hear day in day out at La Monnaie can be heard. The result is a poetic narrative from and about the people who work at La Monnaie. The different episodes are true journeys of sound, each one illustrating in a unique and original way the research carried out by La Monnaie in the field of sustainable and committed creativity.
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2022
EC(H)O is a podcast series (four episodes in Dutch and French) in which the sounds we hear day in day out at La Monnaie can be heard. The result is a poetic narrative from and about the people who work at La Monnaie. The different episodes are true journeys of sound, each one illustrating in a unique and original way the research carried out by La Monnaie in the field of sustainable and committed creativity.
LES HUGUENOTS Comes to La Monnaie / De Munt in June
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
As much a historical panorama as an intimate drama, Les Huguenots tells the story of the impossible love between a Catholic and a Protestant in the context of the religious wars that set France ablaze in the sixteenth century, reaching a bloody climax with the St Bartholomew’s day massacre.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
As much a historical panorama as an intimate drama, Les Huguenots tells the story of the impossible love between a Catholic and a Protestant in the context of the religious wars that set France ablaze in the sixteenth century, reaching a bloody climax with the St Bartholomew’s day massacre.
KARINE DESHAYES & ENSEMBLE CONTRASTE Perform at La Monnaie/De Munt Next Month
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2022
During the 2017–18 season, the mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes performed at La Monnaie both in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites in the role of Mère Marie and in a recital programme. In 2022, she returns to play Valentine in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots and to present a more intimate programme devoted to French mélodie.
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2022
During the 2017–18 season, the mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes performed at La Monnaie both in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites in the role of Mère Marie and in a recital programme. In 2022, she returns to play Valentine in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots and to present a more intimate programme devoted to French mélodie.
La Monnaie/De Munt Will Host a Memorial to Philippe Boesmans
by BWW News Desk - April 18, 2022
On Tuesday 19 April, at 3 pm, La Monnaie will bid farewell to Philippe Boesmans. We wish to honour this composer, who meant so much to our house with a musical tribute in our Main Auditorium. Musicians from the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and artists who worked closely with Philippe throughout his illustrious career will perform a selection of his works or share their stories.
by BWW News Desk - April 18, 2022
On Tuesday 19 April, at 3 pm, La Monnaie will bid farewell to Philippe Boesmans. We wish to honour this composer, who meant so much to our house with a musical tribute in our Main Auditorium. Musicians from the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and artists who worked closely with Philippe throughout his illustrious career will perform a selection of his works or share their stories.
George Packer, Karen Armstrong, Didier Eribon and Raphaël Glucksmann Will Be on the Writers & Thinkers' Stage
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2022
Bozar brings a number of exceptional voices from the 21st century to its Writers & Thinkers stage. A richly filled series of talks and debates that take you into in-depth discussions on the cutting edge of art and society. The most important writers and thinkers of tomorrow elaborate on the big themes of today. From democracy to diversity to beauty and consolation.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2022
Bozar brings a number of exceptional voices from the 21st century to its Writers & Thinkers stage. A richly filled series of talks and debates that take you into in-depth discussions on the cutting edge of art and society. The most important writers and thinkers of tomorrow elaborate on the big themes of today. From democracy to diversity to beauty and consolation.
Bozar Announces April Film Lineup
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2022
Bozar, in collaboration with CINEMATEK, opens the April film calendar with a ciné-concert: two masterpieces of silent film made by Henri Storck will be shown on 2 April in the Henry Le Bœuf Hall with, in the foreground, live music played by the Musiques Nouvelles ensemble, accompanied by Stéphane Orlando.
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2022
Bozar, in collaboration with CINEMATEK, opens the April film calendar with a ciné-concert: two masterpieces of silent film made by Henri Storck will be shown on 2 April in the Henry Le Bœuf Hall with, in the foreground, live music played by the Musiques Nouvelles ensemble, accompanied by Stéphane Orlando.
ALAIN ALTINOGLU Comes to La Monnaie/De Munt Next Month
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2022
The La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra has existed officially for 250 years: but what did it play in its early days, in the second half of the eighteenth century? Did a homegrown symphonic repertoire exist? What great successes did our musicians accompany from the pit? And what other masterpieces did they play?
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2022
The La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra has existed officially for 250 years: but what did it play in its early days, in the second half of the eighteenth century? Did a homegrown symphonic repertoire exist? What great successes did our musicians accompany from the pit? And what other masterpieces did they play?
NICKY SPENCE & DYLAN PEREZ Come to La Monnaie/De Munt
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2022
Be sure to mark it in your diary: Nicky Spence is returning to La Monnaie! In the past, the Scottish tenor has captured hearts in Brussels with his performances as Števa Buryja in Jenůfa and Nikita in From the House of the Dead.
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2022
Be sure to mark it in your diary: Nicky Spence is returning to La Monnaie! In the past, the Scottish tenor has captured hearts in Brussels with his performances as Števa Buryja in Jenůfa and Nikita in From the House of the Dead.
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