As one of the three roy­al opera houses in Bel­gi­um, the Opéra Roy­al de Wal­lonie-Liège is one of the coun­try’s most import­ant cul­tur­al insti­tu­tions. Foun­ded in 1820 by the loc­al cit­izens, it has a longer tra­di­tion than the Bel­gian mon­archy itself. Today, it is a mod­ern opera house with reg­u­lar online broad­casts, includ­ing those on Cul­ture­box and medici.tv, which are received world­wide. The cur­rent gen­er­al dir­ect­or is Stefano Pace, and since 2022, the chief con­duct­or has been Giam­paolo Bis­anti.

In the 2024/25 sea­son, Richard Wag­n­er­’s Tristan und Isolde returns to the Opéra Roy­al de Wal­lonie-Liège for the first time since 1926. An excit­ing world premiere of Ben­oît Merni­er­’s one-act opera Bar­tleby, based on Her­man Melville’s novella, is set for May 2026. In the 2025/26 sea­son, works by Goun­od, Moz­art, Don­iz­etti, and Verdi will be per­formed along­side Johann Strauss II, Tchaikovsky, Nino Rota, and Poulenc.

Opheli­as Cul­ture PR has been sup­port­ing the Opéra Liège with region­al press work in the Ger­man-speak­ing coun­tries for many years. Tra­di­tion­al press work and the organ­iz­a­tion of press trips help raise aware­ness of the opera house in Ger­many, Aus­tria, and Switzer­land.