What to do in the week of 12 December in Monaco

Exhibition

From Sunday 23 October to Sunday 15 January, Nouveau Musée National - Villa Sauber
Exhibition on the theme of "Designing Dreams, A Celebration of Leon Bakst"

From Sunday 23 October 2016 to Sunday 15 January 2017

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Sauber

17, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 98 98 91 26

Activity

From Friday 2 December to Monday 2 January, Port de Monaco
Christmas Village on the theme of "Christmas Treats" with a market, activities, parades, an open-air skating rink and shows

From Friday 2 December 2016 to Monday 2 January 2017

Port Hercule de Monaco

+377 93 15 06 03

Exhibition

From Saturday 3 December to Sunday 18 December, from 1 pm to 7 pm Salle d'Exposition, Quai Antoine Ier
Exhibition on the theme of "Bizarre!" organised by the Monegasque national committee of the IAA, UNESCO

From Saturday 3 to Sunday 18 December 2016, from 1 pm to 7 pm

Salle d'Exposition du Quai Antoine Ier

4, quai Antoine Ier

+33 6 03 91 01 48

Sale of Christmas Trees

From Monday 12 December to Wednesday 14 December, Hôtel de Paris
Exhibition of Christmas Trees. On Wednesday 14 December, at 6 pm: auction sale of Christmas Trees in aid of the Action Innocence Monaco Association and Christmas songs by the children of the International School of Monaco (ISM)

From Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 December 2016

Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

+377 97 77 51 11

Ballet

Friday 16 and Saturday 17 December, at 8 pm and Sunday 18 December, at 4 pm Opéra de Monte-Carlo - Salle Garnier
Dance performances: a new work by Jean-Christophe Maillot performed by the Compagnie des Ballets de Monte-Carlo

From Friday 16 to Sunday 18 December 2016

Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

Exhibition

From Friday 16 December to Tuesday 31 January, from 1 pm to 6 pm Galerie Carré Doré
Exhibition in homage to David Bowie

From Friday 16 December 2016 to Tuesday 31 January 2017, from 1 pm to 6 pm

Galerie Carré Doré

5, rue Princesse Caroline

+377 97 77 12 86

Piano Competition

Saturday 17 December, at 6 pm Auditorium Rainier III
Final of the International Piano Duet Competition

Saturday 17 December 2016, at 6 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

+377 93 15 28 91

The Art of the Cinema

Sunday 18 December, at 11 am Grimaldi Forum Monaco - Salle Camille Blanc
The Art of the Cinema – Dance and cinema – screening of the film "Singing in the Rain" by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, organised by Monaco Audiovisual Archives in association with the Ballets de Monte-Carlo

Sunday 18 December 2016, at 11 am

10, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 99 99 30 00

Exhibition

From Monday 13 June to Sunday 21 May, Musée d'Anthropologie Préhistorique
"Monoïkos" exhibition – The ancient history of the Principality

From Monday 13 June 2016 to Sunday 21 May 2017

Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology

56 bis, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 93 15 29 80

Exhibition

From Tuesday 11 October to Tuesday 31 January, Gran Caffè - Parvis Ste Dévote
Exhibition of paintings by Myriam Bollender

From Tuesday 11 October 2016 to Tuesday 31 January 2017

Gran Caffè

57 Rue Grimaldi

+33 6 10 37 34 83

Exhibition

From Tuesday 15 November to Saturday 17 December, from 3 pm to 7 pm Galerie L'Entrepôt
Exhibition on the theme of "Wanderings" by Thomas Blanchy, winner of the 2016 Monaco Artists' Open

From Tuesday 15 November to Saturday 17 December 2016, from 3 pm to 7 pm

Galerie L'Entrepôt

22, rue de Millo

+377 93 50 13 14

Exhibition

From Thursday 24 November to Wednesday 28 December, Galerie Modern and Contemporary art
Exhibition of photographs on the theme of "Stories" by Matteo Basilé

From Thursday 24 November to Wednesday 28 December 2016

Galerie Modern and Contemporary art

8, rue des Oliviers

+377 97 98 06 42

Skating Rink

From Friday 2 December to Sunday 26 February, Port de Monaco
Open-air skating rink

From Friday 2 December 2016 to Sunday 26 February 2017

Port Hercule de Monaco

+377 93 15 06 09

"Le Chemin des Crèches" Nativity Trail

From Thursday 8 December to Sunday 8 January, Monaco-Ville
"Le Chemin des Crèches" Nativity Trail (exhibition of nativity scenes from all over the world)

From Thursday 8 December 2016 to Sunday 8 January 2017

Old Town

+377 92 16 61 16

Opera

Sunday 11 December, at 3 pm and Wednesday 14 December, at 8 pm Auditorium Rainier III - Salle Yakov Kreizberg
"Maria Stuarda" by Gaetano Donizetti with Laura Polverelli, Annick Massis, Francesco Demuro, In-Sung Sim, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Karine Ohanyan, the Chorus of the Monte-Carlo Opera and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Antonino Fogliani, organised by the Monte-Carlo Opera

From Sunday 11 at 3 pm, to Wednesday 14 December 2016

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Lecture

Monday 12 December, at 7 pm Eglise Saint Nicolas - Foyer Paroissial
Cine-Club: screening of the film "La Vie Est Belle" ("Life is Beautiful") followed by a debate

Monday 12 December 2016, at 7 pm

Eglise Saint-Nicolas

1, place du Campanin

+33 6 80 86 21 93

Ballet

Monday 12 December, at 8 pm Grimaldi Forum Monaco - Salle Prince Pierre
"Moeder," dance performance by the Peeping Tom Company, organised by Monaco Dance Forum

Monday 12 December 2016, at 8 pm

10, avenue Princesse Grace

Scenography Colloquium

Tuesday 13 December and Wednesday 14 December, Théâtre des Variétés
Scenography Colloquium – "La Place des Corps" ("The Place of Bodies") organised by the Pavillon Bosio

From Tuesday 13 to Wednesday 14 December 2016

Theatre Variétés

1, boulevard Albert Ier

+377 93 30 18 39

Concerts

Tuesday 13 December, at 6.30 pm Auditorium Rainier III – Troparium
Musical Happy Hour Series: concert of chamber music by a selection of musicians from the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra comprised of Raluca Hood-Marinescu and Gian Battista Ermacora, violins, Federico Andres Hood, viola and Florence Leblond, cello. On the programme: Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann

Tuesday 13 December 2016, at 6:30 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Ballet

Tuesday 13 December, at 8 pm Opéra de Monte-Carlo - Salle Garnier
"Deep Dish," dance performance by Chris Haring and Michel Blazy, organised by Monaco Dance Forum

Tuesday 13 December 2016, at 8 pm

Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

Theatre

Tuesday 13 December, at 8.30 pm Théâtre Princesse Grace
"Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand with Stéphane Dauch, Charlotte Matzneff, Alex Disdier, Edouard Rouland, Grégoire Bourbier, Didier Lafaye, Geoffrey Callènes, Emilien Fabrizio, Nicolas Le Guyader, Barbara Lamballais and with Aramis Monroy, violin

Tuesday 13 December 2016, at 8:30 pm

Théâtre Princesse Grace

12, avenue d'Ostende

+377 93 25 32 27

Lecture

Wednesday 14 December, at 6 pm Médiathèque de Monaco (Bibliothèque Louis Notari)
Lecture in connection with the exhibition by the New National Museum of Monaco (Villa Sauber) "Designing Dreams, a Celebration of Leon Bakst"

Wednesday 14 December 2016, at 6 pm

Médiathèque de Monaco - Sonothèque José Notari

19, boulevard Princesse Charlotte

+377 93 15 29 40

Ballet

Wednesday 14 December, at 8 pm Grimaldi Forum Monaco - Salle Prince Pierre
"OCD Love," dance performance by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, organised by Monaco Dance Forum

Wednesday 14 December 2016, at 8 pm

10, avenue Princesse Grace

Theatre

Thursday 15, Friday 16, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 December, at 8.30 pm, Saturday 17 December, at 9 pm, Sunday 18 December, at 4.30 pm and Saturday 31 December, at 7 pm and 9.45 pm Théâtre des Muses
"Quoi de neuf ? Sacha Guitry !" ("What's New? Sacha Guitry!"), comedy by and with Anthéa Sogno, Didier Constant, Carlo Casaccia, Juliette Galoisy and Dominique Thomas. Possible additional performances on Wednesday 14, at 8.30 pm and Saturday 17, at 6 pm

From Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 December 2016

Théâtre des Muses

45, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 97 98 10 93

Concert

Thursday 15 December, at 6.30 pm Grimaldi Forum Monaco – Espace Indigo
Thursday Live Session with Marte Ren & The Groovelvets

Thursday 15 December 2016, at 6:30 pm

10, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 99 99 20 20

Meeting and Debate

Thursday 15 December, from 7 pm to 9 pm Théâtre Princesse Grace
The Philosophical Workshops on the theme of "Sculpter son corps - Corps sportif, corps érotique, corps esthétique" ("Sculpting the body – the sporty body, erotic body and aesthetic body") with Anne Gotman, sociologist, Catherine Millet, author and art critic and Georges Vigarello, historian, sociologist and philosopher, organised by the Monaco Philosophical Meetings

Thursday 15 December 2016, from 7 pm to 9 pm

Théâtre Princesse Grace

12, avenue d'Ostende

+377 99 99 44 55

"A Taste for Pétanque" (Les Arômes de la Pétanque)

From Friday 16 December to Saturday 17 December, Espace Fontvieille
"A Taste for Pétanque" (Les Arômes de la Pétanque) organised by Orezza, KTK Petanque and the Arom Group

From Friday 16 to Saturday 17 December 2016

Chapiteau de Fontvielle

5, avenue des Ligures

Gala Evening

Friday 16 December, from 7 pm to 10.30 pm, Le Sporting Monte-Carlo - Salle des Etoiles
"Kids Nite - Act III" Gala Evening for Children. Activities, workshops, dinner, show and DJ in aid of The Children of Frankie Association

Friday 16 December 2016, from 7 pm to 10:30 pm

Le Sporting Monte-Carlo

26, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 93 30 08 00

Concert

Friday 16 December, at 8.30 pm Auditorium Rainier III - Salle Yakov Kreizberg
Great Season Series: concert by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michel Plasson with Sophie Koch, mezzo-soprano. On the programme: Jules Massenet, Hector Berlioz, Édouard Lalo, Georges Bizet and Maurice Ravel. As a prelude to the concert, at 7.30 pm, introduction to the works by André Peyrègne

Friday 16 December 2016, at 8:30 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Organ Concert

Saturday 17 December, at 8.30 pm Eglise Sainte-Dévote
2nd International Organ Festival with Il Coro Polifonico Città di Ventimiglia conducted by Romano Pini, accompanied by Adriano Costa, piano and Silvano Rodi, organ, organised by the In Tempore Organi Association

Saturday 17 December 2016, at 8:30 pm

Sainte- Dévote Church

Place Sainte Dévote

+33 6 83 58 06 38

Concerts

Sunday 18 December, at 4 pm Eglise Saint-Charles
Christmas concert by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrei Feher with Sara Gouzy, soprano, Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano, Julia Brian, contralto, François Rougier and Thomas Dolié, tenors and the Camerata Apollonia Choir. On the programme: Camille Saint-Saëns

Sunday 18 December 2016, at 4 pm

Saint-Charles Church

10, avenue Saint-Charles

Ballet

Sunday 18 December, at 5.30 pm Stade Nautique Rainier III - Patinoire Municipale
"Confidences" by the Contemporary Skating Company - Le Patin Libre, organised by Monaco Dance Forum

Sunday 18 December 2016, at 5:30 pm

Stade Nautique Rainier III

Route de la Piscine