Photography by Alex Apt / Image of Shamel Pitts
Photography by Alex Apt / Image of Shamel Pitts
Opera
New
Satyagraha
Philip Glass
Palais Garnier
from 10 April to 03 May 2026
3h20 with 2 intervals
PRE-GENERAL
NEW PRODUCTION
End of the performance at approximately 10:50 p.m.
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Grand Patron of the Season
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With the exceptional support of Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
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American Friends Paris Opera & Ballet
3h20 with 2 intervals
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Opening
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First part 50 min
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Intermission 20 min
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Second part 55 min
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Intermission 20 min
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Third part 55 min
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End
Opera in three acts (1980)
- Music Philip Glass
- Libretto Constance De Jong
- After la Bhagavad-Gita
- Conductor Ingo Metzmacher
- Staging and choreography Bobbi Jene Smith, Or Schraiber
- Set design Christian Friedländer
- Costume design Wojciech Dziedzic
- Lighting design John Torres
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Dramaturgy
Jacob Mallinson Bird
- Chorus master Ching-Lien Wu
Debut at the Paris National Opera
- Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo
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Soprano
Ilanah Lobel-Torres
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Olivia Boen
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Baritone
Davóne Tines,
Amin Ahangaran
- Alto Adriana Bignagni Lesca
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Mezzo-soprano
Deepa Johnny
- Tenor Nicky Spence
- Bass Nicolas Cavallier
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Dancers
Alexander Bozinoff
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Lorrin Brubaker
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Jeremy Coachman
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Jonathan Fredrickson,
Marion Gautier de Charnacé
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Awa Joannais,
Héloïse Jocqueviel,
Payton Johnson
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Rachel McNamee
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Mermoz Melchior
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Adrien Ouaki
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Ido Toledano
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Vedanth Ramesh
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Léon Tolstoï
Eric Fardeau
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Rabindranath Tagore
Robert Georges
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Abdel Soufi
Debut at the Paris National Opera
Member of the Paris National Opera Lyric Troupe
Quadrille of the Paris National Opera Ballet
Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris National Opera
© 1980 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. With the kind permission of Première Music Group, a division of Wise Music Group
Satyagraha has been recorded by Floris Bernard and produced by the Paris National Opera, with the support of the Orange Foundation, patron of the Paris National Opera’s audiovisual broadcasts. The opera will be streamed live on April 24, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. on POP – Paris Opera Play, the Paris National Opera’s platform.
Satyagraha will be recorded by France Musique for broadcast on May 23, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. in the program ‘Samedi à l’Opéra,’ presented by Judith Chaine, and will then be available for streaming on the France Musique website and the Radio France app.
Institutional partners
Main corporate sponsors and partners of the Paris National Opera – 25/26 season
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Major Patron of the Paris Opera
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Timepiece of the Paris Opera
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Principal sponsor of the Paris Opera
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Principal sponsor of the Paris Opera Ballet
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Sponsor of the Paris Opera outreach
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Principal sponsor of the Paris Opera
The use of video cameras or photography is strictly forbidden during the performances.