Sala: Grimaldi Forum: Salle des Princes, Monaco

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo managed to throw a thrilling surprise party, with every detail curated under the sign of Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the company.

Splendid and impeccable, endowed with striking virtuosity, the corps de ballet functions both as choir and living scenography, accompanying and sustaining the protagonists. Ma Bayadère in Monte-Carlo is spectacular.

In a triple bill of contrasting choreography, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo tackle everything with aplomb.

Au Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste conduit les troupes de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo dans une déambulation guidée de la Huitième de Bruckner.

Au Grimaldi Forum, la production suscite l'adhésion grâce à une mise en scène très lisible, une direction musicale admirable et une belle distribution, emmenée par une Anna Netrebko des grands soirs.

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo presents three equally riveting ballets in a triple bill of abstract works from Christopher Wheeldon, Sharon Eyal/Gai Behar and Jean-Christophe Maillot.

Full of invention and originality, this up-to-date version of The Sleeping Beauty is entertaining and emotionally absorbing.

Renaud Capuçon shines in Bartók's two Violin Concertos, together with a strong Concerto for Orchestra from the BBCSO and Péter Eötvös, at the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo.