Opéra National de Paris

Benjamin Britten

from 24 April to 15 May

The innocence and beauty of Billy Budd, serving on a warship, are sacrificed to the cruelty of men. Inspired by Melville, Billy Budd is the bitter tale of the angel's ineluctable sacrifice.

 

 

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Robbins / Millepied

from 21 April to 08 May

Different facets, in turn jazzy, elegiac or comic, of the art of one of the 20th century's great choreographers.

 

 

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Rudolf Noureev

from 17 May to 02 June

The stunningly virtuoso La Bayadère is a bewitching Oriental fresco. The enchanting sets and costumes lend all their splendour to this production that transports us to an India of dreams and mystery.

 

 

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Richard Wagner

from 31 May to 29 June

There is perhaps no more beautiful nor poignant a picture-book in the history of opera than the three acts of Die Walküre, the first day of Der Ring des Nibelungen. Philippe Jordan conducts today's greatest Wagnerian singers.

 

 

 

 

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John Malkovich

Thursday 13 May

John Malkovich incarne Jack Unterweger, célèbre meurtrier autrichien, face à deux cantatrices, objets de ses fantasmes et délires. Accompagné par l'Orchestre de Martin Haselböck, sur un texte de Michael Sturminger interprété avec une virtuosité stupéfiante, il descend dans les tréfonds d'une âme souffrante et maléfique.