Calendar
October 2024
Wednesday 30 October
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera in concert version
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La rondine
Puccini
November 2024
Friday 08 November
20 H
Grimaldi Forum

Opera
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La bohème
Puccini
Sunday 10 November
15 H
Grimaldi Forum

Opera
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La bohème
Puccini
Wednesday 13 November
20 H
Grimaldi Forum

Opera
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La bohème
Puccini
Friday 15 November
20 H
Grimaldi Forum

Opera in concert version
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Tosca
Puccini
Sunday 17 November
17 H
Grimaldi Forum

Gala
Viva Puccini!
Puccini
Tuesday 19 November
19 H (by invitation from the Palais)
Grimaldi Forum

Opera
La bohème
Puccini
December 2024
Monday 02 December
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Concert
Friday 20 December
20 H (Gala)
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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L’elisir d'amore
Donizetti
Saturday 21 December
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Choral concert
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Sunday 22 December
15 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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L’elisir d'amore
Donizetti
Friday 27 December
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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L’elisir d'amore
Donizetti
Sunday 29 December
15 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
L’elisir d'amore
Donizetti
Tuesday 31 December
18 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
L’elisir d'amore
Donizetti
Tuesday 31 December
18 H (Opera & Dinner)
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
L’elisir d'amore
Donizetti
January 2025
Sunday 19 January
19 H
Auditorium Rainier III

Semi-staged opera
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Don Giovanni
Mozart
Wednesday 22 January
20 H (Gala)
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Friday 24 January
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Sunday 26 January
15 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Tuesday 28 January
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
February 2025
Sunday 09 February
17 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Recital
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Wednesday 19 February
20 H (Gala)
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Das Rheingold
Wagner
Friday 21 February
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Das Rheingold
Wagner
Sunday 23 February
15 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Das Rheingold
Wagner
Tuesday 25 February
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
Das Rheingold
Wagner
March 2025
Sunday 02 March
18 H
Auditorium Rainier III

Concert
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Friday 14 March
20 H
Cathédrale de Monaco

Choral concert
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Friday 21 March
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Sunday 23 March
15 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Tuesday 25 March
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
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Thursday 27 March
20 H
Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Opera
Monte Carlo Opera Chorus

A few words about...

Conducted since 2007 by Stefano Visconti, the Choir of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo is composed of forty singers. In addition to the Opéra de Monte-Carlo season, the chorus collaborates with the  Principality’s other cultural entities such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and the Ballets de Monte-Carlo. The Choir of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo participates in the Opéra de Monte-Carlo productions abroad (La traviata in Antibes, La Favorite, Guillaume Tell and  Simon Boccanegra at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées…).
They also perform in chamber music ensembles, in a large repertoire, as well as in concert, covering all genres: from sacred music to cross-over projects designed to attract the widest pos-sible audience. The Monte Carlo Opera Chorus is regularly invited in France and abroad to take part in various festivals, tours or opera seasons: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Royal Opera House of Oman, Chorégies d’Orange, Opéra de Marseille, Tokyo, Osaka, Messina, Athens and recently at the Vienna Staatsoper for a Rossini Mania Festival.

Stefano Visconti, choirmaster

Born in Livorno in 1960, Stefano Visconti studied piano, choral conducting with Fosco Corti and Roberto Gabbiani and orchestral conducting with Piero Bellugi and Giancarlo Andretta. He has been a chorus master at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo since 2007. Previously he was chorus master at the Theatre of Livorno (1991-2001) and director of choir at the Opéra-Théâtre of Avignon (2001-2007), while being chorus master at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago from 1999 to 2015. From 1984 to 2001 he directed the Guido-Monaco Polyphonic Choir of Livorno, which won various awards. In 2000 he founded the Chamber Choir of Tuscany, which consists of professional singers. He has conducted the reconstruction of the complete sacred works for soloists, choir and orchestra of Giuseppe Cambini. Since 2008, Stefano Visconti has been chorus master of the Soirées lyriques de Sanxay. He is artistic and musical director of the Monte Carlo Chamber Choir. He has made several recordings for Foné, Agora and Kikko Classic, notably of numerous operas by Mascagni.

Choir of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Stefano Visconti
CHOirMASTER

Aurelio Scotto
Pianist/Assistant to the chorus master/ Consultant for the musical organisation 

Colette Audat
CHORUS MANAGER/LIBRARIAN

Sopranos I
Galia Bakalov
Antonella Cesario
Chiara Iaia
Giovanna Minniti
Felicity Murphy
Leslie Visco

Sopranos II
Rossella Antonacci
VITTORIA GIACOBAZZI
Valérie Marret
Letizia Pianigiani
Laura Maria Romo Contreras

Mezzosopranos
Teresa Bramwell Davies
Géraldine Mélac
Suma Mellano
Federica Spatola
 

Altos
ORNELLA CORVI
MARIA-Elisabetta De Giorgi
Catia Pizzi
Paola Scaltriti
Rossella Tortora

Tenors I
Walter Barbaria
Lorenzo Caltagirone
Giandomenico Cappuccio
Thierry Di Meo
Vincenzo Di Nocera
Nicolo’ La Farciola

Tenors II
Gianni Cossu
Pasquale Ferraro
Fabio Marzi
Adolfo Scotto Di Luzio
Salvatore Taiello
 

BarItonEs
Przemyslaw Baranek
Fabio Bonavita
Vincenzo Cristofoli
Kyle Sullivan

Basses
stefano arnaudo
daniele del bue
Paolo Marchini
Edgardo Rinaldi
Matthew Thistleton