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The orchestra Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco was founded in the spring of 2016 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo upon the initiative of Cecilia Bartoli and in collaboration with Jean-Louis Grinda, the then Director of the Opéra. The project received the immediate support of HSH Prince Albert II and HRH The Princess of Hanover. Cecilia Bartoli, performer and artistic director, brought together some of the finest international musicians playing on period instruments to create an orchestra which renewed a musical tradition popular at princely courts in 17th and 18th century Europe. The orchestra’s repertoire encompasses Renaissance and Baroque music - from Monteverdi to George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi - and extends into the Classical and Romantic periods from W.A. Mozart to Rossini.
Most recently, Les Musiciens du Prince began to look at the Wagnerian repertoire to great acclaim, upholding a rigorous interpretative approach and a distinctive sound under the baton of Principal Conductor Gianluca Capuano. Launched with Das Rheingold in 2025, this journey is set to continue with the other parts from the Ring tetralogy over the coming years, Les Musiciens du Prince and Cecilia Bartoli perform in Europe’s leading concert halls and are regular guests at Salzburg’s Whitsun Festival and Summer Festival. In 2026, to celebrate their 10th anniversary, the orchestra will mark this decade of excellence with a series of concerts and tours across Europe, including a residence at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin). In May, the orchestra will expand its discography with the release of its first orchestral album, "Concerti per vari strumenti II", as part of French label Naïve’s renowned Vivaldi Edition. In summer, a DVD containing the award-winning Salzburg production of "Hotel Metamorphosis" with A. Vivaldi's music played by Les Musiciens du Prince under Gianluca Capuano will be published by Unitel and the Salzburg Festival.
Les Musiciens du Prince are in residence at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. |
