New year at the Palais Garnier - La Source show poster

New year at the Palais Garnier - La Source at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

Dates: (12/31/2014 )

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Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

120 rue de Lyon
Paris,Île-de-France 75 012

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Phone: + 33 (0)1 71 25 24 23

Tickets: €50.00 - €220.00

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The Persia of legend and fantasy provides the backdrop for the thwarted loves of the hunter Djemil, the beautiful Nouredda, promised to the Khan, and the spirit of the spring, Naila. For his first creation for the Paris Opera Ballet, Etoile Dancer Jean-Guillaume Bart breathes new life into a long neglected work from the repertoire, originally created for the Paris Opera in 1866. The light and colourful score was a joint effort from Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes in what was their first ballet composition. The libretto by Arthur Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter, future composer of Coppélia, draws on Wagnerian romanticism, orientalism and Shakespearean influences and contrasts the real world with that of elves, nymphs and ethereal beings. Working in close collaboration with the dramatist Clément Hervieu-Léger, Jean-Guillaume Bart restores all its original freshness to La Source. This wonderfully poetic dance tale of astounding virtuosity is further enhanced by Christian Lacroix’s flamboyant costumes and Eric Ruf’s evocative use of space.

Cast and Creative team for New year at the Palais Garnier - La Source at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

Léo Delibes / Ludwig Minkus Music - in a version by Marc-Olivier Dupin
Jean-Guillaume Bart Choreography (Opéra national de Paris, 2011)
Eric Ruf Sets
Christian Lacroix Costumes
Dominique Bruguière Lighting
Clément Hervieu-Léger / Jean-Guillaume Bart Dramaturgy
Étoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet

Orchestre Colonne
Koen Kessels Conductor

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