Cosmopoles is Divertimento and Zahia Ziouani’s innovative work

FranceFrance Cosmopoles: de l’aurore au zenith (from dawn to zenith, from zenith to dusk): Lyès Salem (actor), Clémence Colin (actor in sign language), Elisa Biagi (author), Christophe Naillet (lighting), Alain Blanchot (costumes), Divertimento / Zahia Ziouani (conductor/director). Salle Oleg Efremov, MC 93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, Bobigny, Paris, 26.9.2026. (CC)

Clémence Colin and Lyès Salem during Cosmopoles

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Luxury War Requiem starts the new London Philharmonic season as Gardner pulls out all the stops

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, War Requiem: Natalya Romania (soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Benjamin Appl (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir (chorus director: Madeleine Venner), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosas), Tiffin Boys’ Choir and Girls’ Choir (director: James Day). London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.9.2026. (JR)

Britten’s War Requiem with the conductor Edward Gardner, LPO, soloists and choirs © Andy Paradise

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