OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS - PALAIS GARNIER

Prologue A cafe near the theatre where writer, artist and musician Hoffmann likes to go out. It's noisy and funny here. Here one can forget ...

All men desire her to the point of being willing to die for her--but three riddles stand in the way of their melting her icy ...

« ...Impressionnant, beau, envoûtant, émouvant, très original, magistralement mené et merveilleusement interprété, le conte fascine et bouleverse. Les enfants comme les adultes. On ne saurait ...

Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. Performed in German with Japanese subtitles....

Count on a tour-de-force performance from Karita Mattila in Janácek’s absorbing drama of a diva’s supernatural fight against her destiny. Czech expert Jirí Behlolávek conducts....

In an hilarious change of pace from Salome and Moby-Dick, we laugh as the doddering old fool Pasquale is tricked into thinking he has married ...

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 ...

Wozzeck is a simple soldier trying to survive in an unjust world. His captain exploits him, he is the subject of scientific experiments conducted by ...

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 ...

Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr ...

Based on the documentary by Alice Elliott, BODY AND SOUL tells the story of two amazing women who, despite having significant disabilities, find a way ...

Nemorino, un jeune villageois naïf et timide, est amoureux de la belle Adina, riche héritière arrogante et cultivée. Dédaigné par la jeune fille, Nemorino achète ...

George Enescu’s masterpiece Oedipe is already a musical tour de force, but in the hands of director Àlex Ollé it boasts a visual staging that ...

Tragedy in four acts...

Claire McNear, Austin Rogers, Buzzy Cohen and Pam Mueller Thu, NOV12, 6 pm, $20* For over 50 years Jeopardy! has been one of the most ...

As with last year, a special Gala will open the Paris Opera Ballet’s new season with two contemporary works and the magnificent Défilé du Ballet. ...

George Enescu’s masterpiece Oedipe is already a musical tour de force, but in the hands of director Àlex Ollé it boasts a visual staging that ...

The ways of the subconscious are infinite when reality becomes too oppressive and torment must be mitigated. Seized by doubts on the eve of his ...

“Before the carnival is over, all Rome will love my Cinderella…” Thus spoke Rossini in 1817, in the aftermath of the disastrous opening night, firmly ...

Four dancers from the company are invited to reveal their latest work on the stage of the Palais Garnier. Followed and supervised by Benjamin Millepied, ...

Michel Rondeau Fanfare of the Great Hall Jim Parker A Londoner in New York Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Extract Alec Wilder Effie Joins a ...

Over and above the six pieces he composed for the ballet, Ravel’s entire body of work is an inexhaustible source of choreographic inspiration, no doubt ...

Three pieces enter the repertoire in an evening devoted to the American school. First presented in 1968, Walkaround Time experiments with the scenic potential of ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Paris Opera Ballet School’s annual performances. They enable the young artists to discover the major works of ...

Karol Szymanowski Concert opening Pascal Dusapin Outscape, concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre Création...

For this new opera, Luca Francesconi has seized upon one of the guiding figures of La Comédie Humaine: Vautrin alias Jacques Collin, alias the Abbot ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Paris Opera Ballet School’s annual performances. They enable the young artists to discover the major works of ...

After 20 dancers for the 20th century the Paris Opera Ballet is adding À bras-le-corps to its repertoire. Long-time friends from their student days at ...

From bickering and disputes to wars of words and fleeting glances, Béatrice and Bénédict can hardly bear each other’s presence and yet both constantly seek ...

Created at the 2015 Manchester International Festival for the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor, Tree of Codes possesses all the ...

"For the moment you love this man. Later you’ll love another; one’s as good as another since all are worthless." despina, Acte I, scène 9 ...

At once scathing, ironic and burlesque, Impressing the Czar reveals all William Forsythe’s theatrical talent and a precise, virtuoso, deconstructed style alternating disequilibrium with speed ...

In order to fulfil the oracle’s prediction, Iphigénie must kill any stranger landing on the shores of Tauride. Alas, it is Oreste, Iphigénie’s own brother, ...

Three abstract ballets by George Balanchine, brought together in one evening, allow us to appreciate the wealth and creativity of this major 20th century choreographer ...

With his beautiful and powerful voice, Joyce DiDonato has accumulated awards such as the Grammy in 2012 for Best Classical Vocal Solo. True diva of ...

Richard Strauss Metamorphosen Version Rudolf Leopold pour septuor à cordes Ludwig van Beethoven Sonate à Kreutzer en la majeur, op.?47 Version pour quintette à cordes...

"Eliogabalo is languorous, effeminate, lecherous, lascivious; watch, observe, may heaven preserve you." Lenia, Acte I, scène 11 Violent, terrifying and fascinating, Caligula, Nero and Elagabalus ...

Two creations enrich the Paris Opera Ballet’s repertoire in the space of an evening devoted to modernity. For the first time, Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite ...

As with last year, a special Gala will open the Paris Opera Ballet’s new season with two contemporary works and the magnificent Défilé du Ballet. ...

"I like to make uncertain what takes place on stage and to extend what I call the poetry of disappearance. - William Forsythe" A regular ...

The English National Ballet, the prestigious London company founded in 1950 by former dancers of the Ballets Russes, has been invited to dance at the ...

"Ballets are the dreams of poets taken seriously. - Théophile Gautier" The credits of this emblematic ballet suffice to explain its abiding success: Théophile Gautier, ...

"Where am I? Is it day? I don’t know what to say. Are these hands mine? How I long to know who I am!" - ...

Maurice Ravel Contes de ma mère l’Oye pour deux pianos et deux percussionnistes Camille Saint-Saëns Le Carnaval des animaux...

"Art must question the world and resist. - "Maguy Marin More than 25 years after being invited by Rudolf Nureyev to present Leçons de ténèbres ...

Robert Schumann Phantasiestücke for cello and piano Aribert Reimann Aria for cello and piano Adagio zum Gedenken an R. Schumann for string quartet Robert Schumann ...

Responsible for passing on the French tradition, the Paris Opera Ballet School explores the classical and contemporary repertoire as well as academic or modern styles ...