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.