Opéra Bastille

American and cuban music for brass quintet

Dec 22

Leonard Bernstein West Side Story George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite Daniel Schnyder Brass Quintet Paquito d’Rivera Four Songs for Brass Quintet

Paris Opera Ballet School Demonstrations Show

Dec 8 – Dec 21, 2013

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. The evening begins with Concerto en Ré, created by Claude Bessy in 1977 for the first performance by the school she directed...

I Puritani

Nov 25 – Dec 19, 2013

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 countryside where an orange tree in full bloom can be seen silhouetted against the sky; Stendhal and Heine led their readers down Florentine...

Varese / Prokofiev / Tchaikovski

Dec 18

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. 36

Lutoslawski / Ravel / Debussy

Dec 16

Elektra

Oct 27 – Dec 1, 2013

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. The same term is often applied to the dying flames of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and indeed all cosmopolitan Europe...

In memoriam Elliott Carter (1908-2012)

Dec 1

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 Letter Tempo e tempi

Aida

Oct 10 – Nov 16, 2013

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 great river and of the Egyptian sky, rediscovering monuments that are not so much palaces and towns but enigmatic sanctuaries of...

Francis Poulenc and friends

Nov 15

Teshigawara / Brown / Kylián

Oct 31 – Nov 14, 2013

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 dance. Ten years after his first creation for the Paris Opera Ballet, the Japanese dancer and choreographer Saburo...