Review: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at Le Théâtre Du Lido
Robert Carsen turns the Lido’s cabaret heritage into a theatrical advantage, creating the most convincing production yet of its musical-theatre era.…
Opéra Bastille
Place de la Bastille
Paris, Île-de-France 75012
Opéra Bastille is a theatre in Paris, Île-de-France.
Articles
Review: JOHN & JEN at La Grange at Bruxellons!
Tucked into La Grange's intimate corner of Bruxellons, Andrew Lippa's near-sung-through two-hander proves a musical can carry real psychological weight.…
Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal
A brilliantly cast, beautifully judged French production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, where British manners, French theatrical tradition and comic murder collide at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal.…
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE PAS DU MONDE By Collectif XY
Some festivals go out with a whimper. Once the excitement of the opening production in the Cour d'Honneur has passed, the remaining artists often present more modest, less foregrounded projects. There are concerts, readings, and other events, and it remains a vibrant hub of activity, but it is never…
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents MUETTE By Boris Charmatz
Boris Charmatz dances with discomfort. His work Muette, now in performance at the Festival d'Avignon's La Chartreuse, offers no easy viewing. Earthy movement, prolonged silence, and nudity combine in an unsettling yet riveting exploration of the body. Charmatz seeks to dance the interior self, a sel…
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents CASTING LEAR By Andrea Jiménez
What better way to close out the Festival d'Avignon than with a love letter to the theatre? At the conclusion of Casting Lear, now performing at the Opéra Grand Avignon as part of the Festival, creator and performer André Jiménez makes an impassioned case for the art form. …
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents UN PROCÈS By Christiane Jatahy and Wagner Moura
In Christiane Jatahy and Wagner Moura's Un Procès Après l'Ennemi du Peuple, now performing at the Festival d'Avignon's Gymnase du Lycée Aubanel, Thomas Stockmann finally gets his day in court. Reimagining the events of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People in contemporary Brazil, the production transfor…
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents NEIGE, NEIGE, NEIGE By Lee Jaram
With its generous public funding for culture, France's Festival d'Avignon can produce theatrical spectacles on an extraordinary scale. Its directors regularly push the formal limits of the art form with enormous casts, technological innovation, and elaborate stagecraft. …
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents BUNKER By Marion Siéfert et Matthieu Bareyre
In his podcast, political commentator Ezra Klein has examined a curious conundrum within the modern elite: the pursuit of extraordinary qualities divorced from their original purpose. Looksmaxers have become sterile in their pursuit of superhuman beauty. …
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents THE LAST HAMLET By Ben Duke
In a BBC interview, famed director Katie Mitchell calls for fewer productions of Hamlet. She is tired of attending plays about “misogynistic, angry, depressed men.” I respect any artist defining the boundaries of what interests them. …
Past Shows
71 total · showing 31–40
Werther
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 Werther. This is a far cry from the furtive tears or the violent sobbing usually associated with opera. These tears fall...
Britten / Delius / Brahms
Benjamin Britten Sinfonia da Requiem Frederick Delius Violin concerto Johannes Brahms Symphony n° 3
The Bolshoi Ballet
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 with a creation by Alexei Ratmansky: Lost Illusions, based on the novel by Balzac. First performed in Moscow in 2011 to a...
La Belle au bois dormant
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 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the work combined the talents of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer...
Nouvel an à l'Opéra Bastille - La Belle au bois dormant
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 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the work combined the talents of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer...
Nouvel an au Palais Garnier - Le Parc
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 on to total self-surrender. Four gardeners with black glasses—modern-day cupids—control the game in an imaginary garden. Beyond...
Gustav Mahler
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony N° 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Le Parc
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 on to total self-surrender. Four gardeners with black glasses—modern-day cupids—control the game in an imaginary garden. Beyond...
La Clemenza di Tito
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 his childhood, Mozart had passionately loved and brilliantly exploited the genre of opera seria in works such as Lucio...
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ROMEO & JULIETTE PALAIS NIKAIA DE NICE (3/17-3/19) |
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MALI FUTUR LIVE TH DU ROND POINT -SALLE JEAN TARDIEU (5/27-5/30) |
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LES HOMMES VIENNENT DE MARS - LES HOMMES VIENNET DE MARS ET LES FEMMES DE VENUS GRAND PALAIS - THEATRE LOUIS PASTEUR (1/31-1/31) |
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BERNARD WERBER CASINO PARTOUCHE DE HYERES LES PALMIERS (10/16-10/16) |
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MATCH D''IMPRO THEATRALE - LYON VS SUISSE - MATCH D''IMPROVISATION THEATRALE LE TRANSBORDEUR (1/31-1/31) |
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URGANT LIVE CASINO DE PARIS (10/25-10/25) |
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LA FIN JUSTIFIE LES MOYENS IMPROVIDENCE CAFE-THEATRE (7/10-10/30) |
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L''AGE TENDRE TH DU ROND POINT - SALLE ROLAND TOPOR (10/03-10/17) |
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MEMOIRE(S) DE L''OLYMPIA LE FUNAMBULE MONTMARTRE (9/05-1/03) |
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TOUT LE BLEU DU CIEL LA PEPINIERE THEATRE (9/05-12/05) |
