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The Year In Review
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On September 18, 2024 the Ambassador warmly welcomed the VIP guests (above left) of a generous donor at this year’s St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Annual Global Gala. The Guests from D.C., Virginia and Maryland including prominent business, social, and political leaders.
The Government of Monaco, with its Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Consulate General in New York have a proud history of support and friendship with St. Jude’s, going back to at least 1998! The green button 〈left〉 takes you on our happy, collaborative journey with St. Jude’s.
His Serene Highness Prince Albert is pictured (above right) with little patient, Andrew Benson, outside St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, in October 2005.
A small selection of Irish sheet music from the Princess Grace Irish Library's Collection
2024 PRESS RELEASE

 

To commemorate this very special anniversary, the Library has produced a beautiful historical reference book called A Tribute to Princess Grace of Monaco.

View the book here.

A TRIBUTE TO PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO
From Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo's LAC [Maillot/Tchaikovski] Photo: Courtesy Les Ballets
Les Ballets des Monte-Carlo’s 2024 US Tour Announced
In March, under the Presidency of Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hanover (Princess Caroline of Monaco), and under the direction of choreographer-director, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo will tour
New Orleans (LA) and Costa Mesa (CA).
Visit our dedicated page (here) to learn more.
On March 2 at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts in New Orleans, the company will present “LAC”, based on the enduring classic, Swan Lake, with a contemporary perspective. 
Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Music: Piotr Tchaïkovski
Scenography: Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Costumes: Philippe Guillotel
Dramaturgy: Jean Rouaud
Additional music: Bertrand Maillot
Lighting: Jean-Christophe Maillot & Samuel Thery
Starts 7:30PM.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes.
For booking & performance details, visit here
Learn more about the ballet “LAC” here.
Between March 7 – 10 at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts for their triumphant return, the Company will perform “Coppél-i.A.”, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s stunning new vision of this classic ballet.
Choroegraphy: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Original music & arrangement: Bertrand Maillot
after Léo Delibes
Scénography, Costumes: Aimée Moreni
Lighting: Jean-Christophe Maillot & Samuel Thery
Dramaturgy: Jean-Christophe Maillot &
Geoffroy Staquet
Coppél-i.A.
is a Ballet in Two Acts.
For booking & performance details, visit here 
Learn more about the balleCoppél-i.A here.

The Monaco Boys Choir Announce Their
2024 Summer Canadian Tour

Under the High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert, with the generous support of the Princely Government, and in collaboration with Monaco’s Embassy and its Honorary Consulates in Canada, the acclaimed Monaco Boys Choir will perform a series of concerts, free and open to the public, this summer. Preliminary dates are July 4-22 with performances scheduled in Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec, and Montreal with stops along the way!
Stay tuned for dates and venues. . . 

Monaco Boys Choir with His Serene Highness Prince Albert, June 2023. Photo by Axel Bastello/Palais Princier