by Patrick Honoré - February 23, 2026
Feathers, farce and a touch of poignancy. The International Players’ The Drowsy Chaperone at Marly-le-Roi delivered both sparkling parody and genuine heart—proving once again why this long-running English-language troupe remains such a local treasure....
by Patrick Honoré - January 05, 2026
Just witnessed @FrederikSteenbrink's electrifying 'I Get a Kick Out of You' concert at Bal Blomet—a masterclass in big band jazz! Cole Porter classics meet original compositions, backed by Paris's finest young talents. From 'Come Fly With Me' to 'New York, New York,' this is timeless swing at its ...
by Patrick Honoré - January 05, 2026
Bernstein, Sondheim & Loewe reimagined through full orchestral arrangements at Salle Pleyel. The symphonic treatment of West Side Story alone is worth the price of admission—this is Broadway elevated to concert hall artistry. Exceptional vocalists, brilliant conducting, world-class tap dancers. A ...
by Patrick Honoré - December 19, 2025
The 8th '42e Rue Fait Son Show' just dropped on @francemusique – 'La Vie d'Artiste' celebrates the highs & dreams of performers with stars like Sabine Devieilhe, Rosemary Standley, Lily Kerhoas, and a world premiere of MAGIC HÔTEL! Brass, tap, glitter, and that unbeatable live orchestra energy. I...
by Patrick Honoré - December 16, 2025
The Paris revival remains polished and efficient, but once again raises a familiar question: has Chicago become more concert than theatre?...
by Patrick Honoré - December 14, 2025
La Cage aux Folles finally returns to its French roots at the Théâtre du Châtelet—and the homecoming is worth the wait. Olivier Py’s ambitious revival, led by a radiant Laurent Lafitte, blends glamour, wit, and quiet political force in a production that reclaims Jerry Herman’s musical as bo...
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Created in 1965, Roland Petit's first production for the Opera Ballet, Notre Dame de Paris,is an intense work. With his highly developed sense of theatricality...
There is perhaps nothing more straightforward than La Bohème: a young man and a young woman meet, fall in love, are separated by life and...
The Paris Opera celebrates Nicolas Le Riche and honours his departure. After more than thirty years at the Opera, Nicolas Le Riche shares memories of...
Neither Fortune nor Virtue can vie with Love who, with a mere wave of the hand, can transform the world: such is the message conveyed...
“Poor Mariette Duplessis is dead... the first woman I ever loved, and now she's in goodness knows which cemetery, abandoned to the maggots of the...
Richard Wagner Tannha?user (overture) Richard Strauss Lieder Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, op. 14...
When he adapted Romeo and Juliette, the librettist Felice Romani chose to go back in time past Shakespeare, to the Italian origins of the legend....
Orphée et Eurydice is one of Pina Bausch’s major works. The choreographer brings flesh and blood to Gluck’s score –here conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock—while opting...
Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, for strings Franz Schubert Symphony N° 8 in C major (The Great), D 944...
In 1857 Wagner took a pause from composing the Ring, abandoning Siegfried in the depths of the forest to embark upon another quest. The composer...
Ludwig Thuille Sextet for piano and wind quintet, op. 6 Ludwig Van Beethoven Quintet for piano and winds, op. 16...
One of Rossini’s most exquisite successes, from a composer who was just 21 at the time: an opera buffa which has retained all its charm...
The Young Dancers performances allow the upcoming generation to shine on stage in extracts from both classical works and today's repertoire. An opportunity for the...
We will never know how death revealed itself to Mozart and when and in what form it dispatched its messengers to him. Nevertheless, all the...
Jean Cras Quintet with harp Jean Françaix String trio André Jolivet Chant de Linos Claude Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp Albert Roussel Sérénade...
Echoing the Tricentennial celebrated in 2013, the school of dance continues its journey through the history of the choreographic style of the French school of...
John Cage Third construction Maurice Ohana Étude d’interprétation n° 11 « Sons confondus » ; Étude d’interprétation n° 12 « Imitations-Dialogues » George Crumb Music...
Widely regarded as the greatest opera ever composed, Don Giovanni tells of the devious schemes and hijinks of history’s most beguiling scoundrel, Don Juan. Mozart’s...
Modeste Moussorgski Night on the Bare Mountain Serguei Rachmaninov Piano concerto N° 3 Dimitri Chostakovitch Symphony N° 6 in B minor, op. 54...
Pioneers of 20th century dance, Agnes de Mille and Birgit Cullberg both ventured along new pathways in order to translate the passions and inner conflicts...
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and most comprehensive portraits of a woman in the history of opera—but also one of the most terrible, since...
With Onéguine, John Cranko has conceived one of the key ballets of the repertoire. Inspired by Alexander Pushkin's verse-novel, he has streamlined the story and...
Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade Ottorino Respighi String quartet in D major Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi Ottorino Respighi Il Tramonto...
"In those strange days, people coming from God knows where, joined forces in that far Western land, and, according to the rude custom of the...
"From Alcina you will receive the sceptre and the power and you will be the happiest of mortals. But you will soon become no more...
In Massenet's masterpiece, from the moment the moonlight idyll is revealed and then shattered, the tears never cease to flow. "My entire being weeps", says...
Benjamin Britten Sinfonia da Requiem Frederick Delius Violin concerto Johannes Brahms Symphony n° 3...
Following their last tour in 2011, the prestigious Bolshoi Theatre Ballet has again been invited to perform at the Palais Garnier. They return this season...
The “Ballet of ballets” as Rudolf Nureyev described it, Sleeping Beauty remains one of the jewels in the heritage of dance. First performed in 1890...
The “Ballet of ballets” as Rudolf Nureyev described it, Sleeping Beauty remains one of the jewels in the heritage of dance. First performed in 1890...
Like a stroll through the labyrinths of love, Le Parc follows its course through the codes of seduction, from initial encounters to physical love and...
Like a stroll through the labyrinths of love, Le Parc follows its course through the codes of seduction, from initial encounters to physical love and...
Présentation Mozart's last opera, along with Die Zauberflöteand the Requiem, is his testament, the testament of an aesthete but also that of a humanist. From...
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite Daniel Schnyder Brass Quintet Paquito d’Rivera Four Songs for Brass Quintet...
As an echo to the Tricentenary celebrations of 2013, the Paris Opera Ballet School pursues its journey through the stylistic history of the French School....
At a time when the whole of Europe was obsessed by Romanticism, what nation did not dream of Italy? Goethe's Mignon sings of the Sicilian...
Edgar Varese Intégrales Serguei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliette, Suites N° 1 and N° 2 (excerpts) Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski Symphony N° 4 in F minor, op....
The time taken by a slow sunset. This is Hofmannsthal's stage direction for the performance of Elektra, a one-act tragedy of unimaginable darkness and violence....
Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (Improvisation- Adagio-Canaries) Steep Steps Due Duetti Two Fragments Quintet for clarinet and string quartet Con leggerezza pensosa A Six Letter...
With its fascination for Egypt, 19th century Europe seems to have embarked on an intoxicating voyage down the Nile, marvelling at the colours of that...
United in their quest for beauty, three contemporary choreographers each bring the stage alive according to their own sensibility to enhance the aesthetics of their...
Thus do they all or The School for Lovers. When Lorenzo da Ponte is the teacher, the lesson is harsh and cruel, even if Mozart...
Franz Schreker Der Wind Erwin Schulhoff Concertino Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel, op. 28 Hanns Eisler 14 ways to describe rain, op. 70 Leoš Janácek Concertino...
Franz Liszt confessed that he was unable to think of Marie Duplessis, the muse of Alexandre Dumas who inspired his Dame aux camélias, without shedding...
In Paris in 1835, Donizetti could not hope to compete against the wave of enthusiasm for I Puritani by his rival Bellini. His Marino Faliero,...
Simplicity, truth and naturalness: these, according to Gluck, are the eternal attributes of beauty and the ultimate goal to which he aspired. "Alceste must not...
"Who would want to live for eternity?" asks Emilia Marty as she is about to die, brandishing the formula for the elixir that has allowed...
Presented by Monica Loughman Ballet with principle dancers of the Mariinksky Theatre and San Jose Ballet. Artistic Director Monica Loughman is bringing two of the...
The origins of this work lie in artist Olivier Debré’s desire to translate into a series of paintings the feeling elicited in him by a...
Olivier Messiaen Un sourire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto n° 20 in D minor, K. 466 Carl Nielsen Symphony n° 4 The Inextinguishable, op. 29...
It is Brünnhilde herself who, at the end of The Valkyrie, names the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde, the long-awaited hero Siegfried. The second day...
Nothing, in the bitingly cruel prelude that is The Rhinegold, could foreshadow the blazing miracle of The Walkyrie whose role within the Ring cycle is...
A simple E flat major chord, austere and unchanging, inaudible up until now but no doubt present since all eternity. Scarcely perceptible at first, the...
William Shakespeare, in the early years of the 17th century, had been unable to resist bringing to the stage the character of Cleopatra, the bewitching...
At last the dusk approaches: it has been heralded, promised almost, since The Rhine Gold, and we have been awaiting it with impatience. The whole...
For choreographers, ballet music has never ceased to be a source of inexhaustible inspiration offering a plethora of new readings and personal interpretations. If The...
In his preface to Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, one of his rare prose plays, Victor Hugo says that drama has to be both noble and...
Gustav Mahler Symphony n° 10 (Adagio) Dimitri Shostakovitch Symphony n° 13 in B flat minor Babi Yar, op. 113...
The entire edifice of John Neumeier’s work is built around a profound musical sensibility. However, the choreographer, in his constant questioning of the human condition,...
Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor broomstick maker and his wife. One day they are playing so boisterously that they neglect their...
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