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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioacchino Rossini

Opéra Bastille

from 12 September to 05 November 2026

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Black Pearl: meditations for Josephine

Tyshawn Sorey

Palais Garnier

from 09 to 19 September 2026

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Ballet

La Bayadère

Rudolf Nureyev

Opéra Bastille
from 17 June to 14 July 2026
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Ballet

Vibrations

Micaela Taylor / Mats Ek / Crystal Pite

Palais Garnier
from 27 June to 14 July 2026
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Concerts and Recitals

Felix Mendelssohn / Gustav Mahler

Festival de La Chaise-Dieu - Abbatiale Saint-Robert
on 28 August 2026 at 9 pm
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Life at the Opera

  • 5 questions about: Hamlet
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    5 questions about: Hamlet

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  • Draw-me Le Barbier de Séville
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    Draw-me Le Barbier de Séville

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  • Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon
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    Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon

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  • 5 questions about: The Barber of Seville
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    5 questions about: The Barber of Seville

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  • Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet - Beyond Black
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    Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet - Beyond Black

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  • The Barber of Seville seen from the sky
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    The Barber of Seville seen from the sky

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  • The Barber of Seville: the true/false story
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5 questions about: Hamlet

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5 questions about: Hamlet

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Driven by his father’s spectre to avenge his death, Hamlet emerges as a great tragic character, unable to exist on his own and to build a life independent of his parents and their fate. His impossible liberation from the father figure complicates his bond with his mother. As his father’s heir, Hamlet is confronted with the Freudian situation of Oedipus, torn between filial love and sexual desire.

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Hamlet

Opera

Hamlet

Ambroise Thomas

Opéra Bastille
from 18 Sep to 09 Oct 2026

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Draw-me Le Barbier de Séville

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1:10 min

Draw-me Le Barbier de Séville

By Matthieu Pajot

In creating this ebullient opera buffa, Rossini captured all the fiery spirit of the comedy by Beaumarchais that inspired it.

A native of Venice, birthplace of commedia dell’arte, Damiano Michieletto is highly sensitive to the burlesque vein in Rossini’s music. He transposes the action of this Useless Precaution to a modern-day Seville inspired by the cinema of Almodóvar.

Bartolo’s monumental building, where Figaro’s free spirit whirls and twirls, allows this director to give free rein to his off‑beat imagination.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opera

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioacchino Rossini

Opéra Bastille
from 10 Jun to 13 Jul 2025

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Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon

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1:28 min

Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon

By Pajot Matthieu

L'Histoire de Manon

Ballet

L'Histoire de Manon

Kenneth MacMillan

Palais Garnier
from 28 Sep to 30 Oct 2026

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5 questions about: The Barber of Seville

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5 questions about: The Barber of Seville

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Rossini was just 24 years old when Duke Francesco Sforza Cesarini, impresario of the Teatro Valle in Rome, commissioned him to write a new opera. The young Italian composer, who had already written some fifteen operas was obliged to work to an extremely demanding schedule: the premiere was supposed to take place just two months later.

By the time the librettist Cesare Sterbini had signed his contract only a month remained, during which time Rossini wrote the music in parallel with the text as fast as the very best transcribers.

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opera

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioacchino Rossini

Opéra Bastille
from 12 Sep to 05 Nov 2026

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Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet - Beyond Black

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6:12 min

Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet - Beyond Black

By Marion Mirande

Absent from the Paris Opera stage for nearly a decade, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet is being performed for the first time at the Opéra Bastille in a new production by Krzysztof Warlikowski, conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud.

Created in 1868, a few months after Verdi's Don Carlos, Thomas' work is a unique musical and theatrical entity, as the conductor explains.  

Hamlet

Opera

Hamlet

Ambroise Thomas

Opéra Bastille
from 11 Mar to 09 Apr 2023

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The Barber of Seville seen from the sky

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Fly over the set in a dream

1:03 min

The Barber of Seville seen from the sky

By Philippe Meicler

One of the most extraordinary features of director Damiano Michieletto’s production of The Barber of Seville is undoubtedly its scenography: a building with multiple rooms is home to the action.

Discover the scenery as you fly over it with a drone.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opera

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioacchino Rossini

Opéra Bastille
from 12 Sep to 05 Nov 2026

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The Barber of Seville: the true/false story

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01 min

The Barber of Seville: the true/false story

By Octave

A decrepit guardian who plans to marry his ward, a mischievous barber and a passionate lover… Days of our Lives meets a Spanish love story. Will you spot the wrong facts from the truth in this quiz about Rossini’s Barber of Seville? Let’s get quizzical!  

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opera

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioacchino Rossini

Opéra Bastille
from 10 Jun to 13 Jul 2025

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    17 juin 2026

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    Follow a danseuse Étoile behind the scenes of the Palais Garnier through a new immersive VR experience.

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    04 juillet 2026

    Results of the Paris Opera Ballet external recruitment competition 2026

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    21 juin 2026

    Thomas Docquir nominated Danseur Étoile de l'Opéra national de Paris

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    30 juin 2026

    Results of the Paris Opera Ballet internal recruitment competition 2026

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    25 juin 2026

    AROP and the Paris Opera launch the International Council of the Paris Opera & Ballet

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    10 juin 2026

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia: cast change

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    10 juin 2026

    SALOMON becomes the Official Equipment Partner of the Paris Opera Ballet

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    01 juin 2026

    Tribute to Jean-Philippe Courtis

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    28 mai 2026

    Message to the audience 5,6,12, 28 May and 9 June

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    17 mai 2026

    Tribute to Dame Felicity Lott

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