It was to be one of the highlights of the season, the new production of Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie by Jeanne Candel was expected at the Opéra Comique from November 11th. All is not lost because, thanks to everyone’s efforts, opera lovers will have the chance to attend the unique livestream performance on ARTE Concert […]
The curfew imposed to fight against the pandemic in Paris will not prevent the show from continuing. The major event of the season will be held at the Opéra Comique. The new production of Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie (in the expected production by Jeanne Candel) initially scheduled from 12 to 22 November 2020 is maintained […]
Last Sunday, the 2021 season of the Opéra Comique was officially unveiled with the announcement of seven most enticing opera productions. As usual, contemporary creation is schedules with baroque operas and works from the repertoire of the 300-year-old institution. We will therefore discover Les Eclairs by contemporary composer Philippe Hersant (conducted by Ariane Matiakh and […]
First scheduled last June and postponed, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, the comédie ballet by Molière and Lully will be performed at the Opéra Comique in September 2020. From September 28 to October 8, 2020, Marc Minkowski (alternating with Thibault Noally) conducts the Lully part with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Jérôme Deschamps directs the Molière part. […]
Life is back in Paris in a strange way! The Opéra Comique is the first lyric stage of the French Capital to welcome again his audience with the revival of a horribly funny show, the Horrific Cabaret by the brilliant Valérie Lesort (reviewed in french on CCC ). From June 27 to July 4, 2020, […]
Toréador « songe que l’amour t’attend », love is waiting for you and will wait a little bit longer ! The Paris’ Opéra Comique is forced to postpone the Franco-Chinese new production of Bizet’s Carmen, scheduled to open the new 2020-21 season in September. This is just an « au revoir » since performances will […]
Viens gentille Dame… The next masterpiece to be performed at the Opéra Comique from February 20 to March 01, 2020, is the exquisite François-Adrien Boieldieu’s La Dame Blanche with, as always, an exceptional distribution. The great success of the Opera Comique with more than 1,000 performances, had a revival in 1997 at Paris’ Salle Favart […]
The 2019 season ends in style at the Opéra Comique with the revival of an emblematic production (from December 12, 2019). Premiered in 2009, Messager’s Fortunio on a libretto by famous French writer Alfred de Musset was directed by Mr. Denis Podalydès from the Comédie Française. This was his first steps at the Opera and […]
The Opéra Comique launches its first crowdfunding campaign to the benefit of the Maîtrise Populaire. The Maitrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique offers a multidisciplinary training of excellence for pupils from different social origins and not necessarily musicians yet. It is open to young people from 8 to 25. Until January 14, 2020, you can donate […]
