The Marc Minkowski - Laurent Pelly tandem reunites to celebrate Offenbach's immoral and libertine spirit in this striking social and political satire, one of his masterpieces.
Guided by the wooden puppet who has become Prince Charming, the young Clara confronts her desires and anxieties in an initiatory tale. Snowflakes, flowers and enchanted landscapes form the backdrop to a dazzling choreography.
In Puccini's last opera, Turandot, a princess renowned for her beauty submits her suitors to three riddles. The prince who manages to solve them will win her hand and the throne. Alas, so far, all have failed and suffered the implacable punishment: death. Will young Calaf succeed?
Thomas Jolly's production was the highlight of the end of the 22/23 season at the Paris Opera. The lovers of Verona are back in the cinemas on 12 October.
This programme of 9 titles, including 5 live events, starts on 12 October with Gounod's Roméo et Juliette and ends on 23 May with Massenet's Don Quichotte.
Who better than Thomas Jolly, one of the most inventive directors of his generation, reputed for his audacious re-readings of Shakespeare, appointed as the artistic director of the ceremonies of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 to celebrate this hymn to youth? Following his Eliogabalo by Cavalli in 2016, he signs his second collaboration with the Paris Opera with a cast of exceptionnal vocalists: notably Elsa Dreisig (Juliette), Benjamin Bernheim(Roméo), Lea Desandre (Séphano).
The Paris Opera presents an evening dedicated to the choreographer who died fifteen years ago composed of three works: The Firebird, Songs of a Wayfarer and Boléro.
Live in cinemas on Thursday 25 May from 7.45pm.
Not performed at the Paris Opera since 1938, Hamlet returns to the Paris Opera in a new stage production by Krzysztof Warlikowski.
Live in cinemas Thursday 30 March at 7.15pm.
Who cares? is a suite of dances to songs by George Gershwin and Ballet Impérial created in 1941 to Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto is a tribute to the grandeur of Imperial Russia.
