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Leave on time and allow yourself extra time, check whether the performance is at the Opéra Bastille or the Palais Garnier and the starting time: operas start early (7.30 pm), sometimes even earlier (7.00 pm, 6.00 pm or 5.30 pm ) and finish between 10.00pm and 11.00pm.
If you do arrive late, we will invite you to be patient and watch the beginning of the performance on a screen.
Use public transport or the nearby carparks.

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Bars proposing drinks and light refreshments are available 45 minutes before the performance and during intervals.
You may buy programmes and other articles in our boutiques. The Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille are both equipped with surtitling systems.

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The public spaces are non-smoking areas.

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The use of mobile telephones is forbidden in both auditoriums.