A masterpiece of lyric tragedy, Marc-Antoine Charpentier‘s Médée is back on the bill of the Académie royale de Musique (former name of the Opéra national de Paris) after centuries of absence. Created in 1693 and then forgotten until the 1980s, this opéra is returning to the Académie for the first time, and will be performed […]
From 20 January to 16 February 2024, the Palais Garnier reprises Laurent Pelly‘s production of Handel‘s Giulio Cesare, this time conducted by Harry Bicket. After her great success in Ariodante, Emily D’Angelo was eagerly awaited by music lovers in the title role alongside the celestial Lisette Oropesa (Cleopatra) and Marianne Crebassa. A happy event keeps […]
Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the temple of opera and the most famous opera house in the world along with the Palais Garnier, has just been given new spaces. As part of the overall reorganisation project, which began in the 2000s with the restoration and extension of the eighteenth-century hall, a new tower has just been […]
Although her name does not yet appear officially on the Opéra national de Paris website, Pretty Yende will be on stage at the Palais Garnier for the special gala tribute to Maria Callas on 2 December 2023, the hundredth anniversary of her birth. From a stage to the other, from 30 November to 27 December […]
2023 is the year of Maria Callas, because on 2 December she would have been 100 years old. Tributes to the Diva assoluta have already been paid around the world (notably in Athens, where she made her debut), but Paris is rolling out the finest red carpet with a gala evening on 2 December 2023, […]
One of the most photographed façades in the world will be discreet until the end of 2024. The famous Palais Garnier in Paris, built in 1875 and classified as a historic monument since 1923, is to have its main façade restored. Cleaning, depollution, replacement of damaged elements, restoration of gilding, sculptural elements and sculptures, anti-graffiti […]
Paris, the city of light, attracts art, culture and music lovers from all over the world. In more ways than one, the capital is a reference for the richness of its heritage and for a musical offer that has become exceptional. In December, magic happens everywhere, from the Grands Boulevards to the Sacré-Cœur, from the […]
Even if Parisians tend to think that the grass is always greener elsewhere in Europe, music lovers around the world will have their eyes on the French capital in December 2021 as the New Year celebrations are set to be particularly merry. Classical ballet excellence will be on stage at the Opéra Bastille with Don […]
Currently scheduled at the Paris wonderful Palais Garnier, Les Étoiles et Premiers Danseurs du Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris offers an anthology of solos and duets, partly accompanied by Ophélie Gaillard‘s cello. The artist in duet with the star dancers Sae Eun Park and Hugo Marchand performs La Mort du cygne and A Suite […]
All the teams of the Paris National Opera are mobilised to welcome again the audience in the best conditions and in compliance with current regulations. A new programme of concerts and ballets is specially scheduled to be performed on the forefront of the stage, as the stage is still under construction. The performances begins on […]
