International news does not inspire optimism.
However, Les Nuits Lyriques would like to remind us that opera is an art form that brings people together, unites them, from the West to the Far East, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, from the Old World to the Americas…
As the year draws to a close, let us hope for a humanity that prefers sharing to division, respect to rejection, brotherhood to hatred, dialogue to violence, and the beauty of the soul to the ugliness of evil.
In the face of adverse winds, let us experience music as a source of positivity, confidence, and life!

Philippe Mestres, President