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Opera
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Face to face with death
Interview with Marina Abramović
Opera
05:17
In the footsteps of Oedipus
A conversation with Wajdi Mouawad
Ballet
08:47
Progress of an Étoile
Germain Louvet
Progress of an Étoile
Serie
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04:54
Serie
28
09:57
05:25
Backstage
A meditative return to the roots
Roxane Stojanov and Florent Melac rehearse After the Rain
10:07
Serie
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Serie
04:55
Folder
01:26
Serie
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Serie
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Serie
Octave Media
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Progress of an Étoile
From their early training years to their stage consecration, roles, guides and passions mark their artistic journey. Octave sets out meet the Étoile Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. Portraits.
11 available episodes
From their early training years to their stage consecration, roles, guides and passions mark their artistic journey. Octave sets out meet the Étoile Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. Portraits.
DiscoverWork(s)
In Work(s), artists tell us about the birth of a work they created, produced or performed ; An invitation to discover the creative process of making art through private interviews with influent actors of the cultural world. In conversation with Alice Ranavand, Étoile.
9 available episodes
In Work(s), artists tell us about the birth of a work they created, produced or performed ; An invitation to discover the creative process of making art through private interviews with influent actors of the cultural world. In conversation with Alice Ranavand, Étoile.
DiscoverDraw-me
With clear and entertaining animations, Octave invites you to discover, in a minute, the plot of operas and ballets performed at the Opéra national de Paris.
25 available episodes
With clear and entertaining animations, Octave invites you to discover, in a minute, the plot of operas and ballets performed at the Opéra national de Paris.
DiscoverLeitmotifs in the Ring #1
4 available episodes
A season at the Academy
6 available episodes
The Ring Cycle's characters
5 available episodes
Imaginaries
A repertoire work narrated in a visual poem born of popular culture
5 available episodes
Opera word for word
Literary texts evoking an opera and a stage director's visio
4 available episodes
Stage memories
The video streams offered by the Paris Opera allow you to discover or rediscover some of the productions that have marked recent seasons. Alongside the videos, Octave invited a number of artists who participated in these productions to add their own personal touch. Willingly playing along, they agreed to film themselves at home in order to relate their experiences, share their memories of rehearsals and performances and discuss the technical and artistic challenges of their roles.
12 available episodes
The video streams offered by the Paris Opera allow you to discover or rediscover some of the productions that have marked recent seasons. Alongside the videos, Octave invited a number of artists who participated in these productions to add their own personal touch. Willingly playing along, they agreed to film themselves at home in order to relate their experiences, share their memories of rehearsals and performances and discuss the technical and artistic challenges of their roles.
Discover30 years on: the Bastille adventure
Historian Aurélien Poidevin relates the birth of the Opéra Bastille, which was inaugurated in July 1989 and has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, through interviews with the artists, technicians and administrative staff who participated in the theatre's "startup".
5 available episodes
Historian Aurélien Poidevin relates the birth of the Opéra Bastille, which was inaugurated in July 1989 and has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, through interviews with the artists, technicians and administrative staff who participated in the theatre's "startup".
DiscoverFolders
Play
2 available articles
Rigoletto
8 available articles
Don Giovanni
5 available articles
La Clemenza di Tito
If the liaison between Titus and Berenice inspired one of the greatest French playwrights, it was the Roman Emperor himself, an incarnation of absolute sovereignty, that occupied the central position in what was to be Mozart’s last opera.
5 available articles
If the liaison between Titus and Berenice inspired one of the greatest French playwrights, it was the Roman Emperor himself, an incarnation of absolute sovereignty, that occupied the central position in what was to be Mozart’s last opera.
DiscoverRoméo et Juliette
In this production created for the Opera Ballet in 1984, Rudolf Nureyev opted for powerful dramatization. Splendour and violence, truculence and beauty mingle, rekindling the passion of Shakespeare’s drama.
7 available articles
In this production created for the Opera Ballet in 1984, Rudolf Nureyev opted for powerful dramatization. Splendour and violence, truculence and beauty mingle, rekindling the passion of Shakespeare’s drama.
DiscoverTosca
Based on the eponymous play by Victorien Sardou, Puccini’s opera brings together all the elements of a melodrama: love, politics, violence and religion. Set against the backdrop of the struggle for Italian independence, Tosca is a tragic tale of thwarted love between a passionate, jealous and impulsive singer and a romantic, idealistic painter who champions civil liberties.
5 available articles
Based on the eponymous play by Victorien Sardou, Puccini’s opera brings together all the elements of a melodrama: love, politics, violence and religion. Set against the backdrop of the struggle for Italian independence, Tosca is a tragic tale of thwarted love between a passionate, jealous and impulsive singer and a romantic, idealistic painter who champions civil liberties.
Swan Lake
8 available articles
The magic flute
5 available articles
La Traviata
9 available articles
Carmen
9 available articles