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Rusalka

Antonín Dvořák

Opéra Bastille

from 02 to 20 May 2026

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La Finta giardiniera

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

MC93 Bobigny
from 24 March to 01 April 2026
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Ballet

Impressions

Morgann Runacre-Temple, Jessica‎ Wright / Marcos Morau

Palais Garnier
from 11 to 28 March 2026
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Opera

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Opéra Bastille
from 12 March to 18 April 2026
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Life at the Opera

  • Satyagraha: the true/false story
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    Satyagraha: the true/false story

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  • Draw-me Romeo and Juliet
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    Draw-me Romeo and Juliet

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  • TOSCA: Behind the love, the great story?
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    TOSCA: Behind the love, the great story?

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  • Revisiting the imagery of ballet
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    Revisiting the imagery of ballet

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  • Romeo and Juliet : the true/false story
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    Romeo and Juliet : the true/false story

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  • Rusalka: the true/false story
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    Rusalka: the true/false story

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  • The suspended bed of Rusalka
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    The suspended bed of Rusalka

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  • La Finta Giardiniera, the true/false story
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    La Finta Giardiniera, the true/false story

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  • In the spotlight - Arena in rehearsal
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    In the spotlight - Arena in rehearsal

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  • About the choreography of Arena
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    About the choreography of Arena

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Satyagraha: the true/false story

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Satyagraha: the true/false story

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Both an Indian philosophy and a movement of 20th-century political history. Can you untangle this true/false synopsis of Philip Glass’ Satyagraha?  

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Satyagraha

Opera

Satyagraha

Philip Glass

Palais Garnier
from 10 Apr to 03 May 2026

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Draw-me Romeo and Juliet

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Understand the plot in 1 minute

1:25 min

Draw-me Romeo and Juliet

By Octave

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. Scrupulously adhering to Prokofiev’s score, itself very close to the play, the choreographer produced a version of Romeo and Juliet in which “the young boy becomes a man” opposite a passionate Juliet who, barely out of childhood, also tragically enters womanhood. Their love cannot be openly declared, as their respective families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are locked into an ancestral feud... Inspired by the Italian Renaissance, the sumptuous sets and costumes by Ezio Frigerio and Mauro Pagano transport us to a painstakingly recreated Verona.  

Romeo and Juliet

Ballet

Romeo and Juliet

Rudolf Noureev

Opéra Bastille
from 10 Jun to 10 Jul 2021

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TOSCA: Behind the love, the great story?

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1:52 min

TOSCA: Behind the love, the great story?

By Octave

Did you know that the plot of Tosca is set against the backdrop of a piece of Italian history?

Tosca

Opera

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Opéra Bastille
from 12 Mar to 18 Apr 2026

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Revisiting the imagery of ballet

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Étude in rehearsal

5:15 min

Revisiting the imagery of ballet

By Antony Desvaux

For the Impressions show at the Palais Garnier, Marcos Morau creates Étude for the Paris Opera Ballet. 

The Spanish choreographer draws inspiration from elements of the world of classical dance, such as tiaras, tutus, and flowers during curtain calls, but revisits them in a new light. Marcos Morau explains how the different moments that lead from the studio to the stage, such as warm-ups, barre work, exercises in the middle, then backstage, are used, sometimes not in the usual order, to explore the imagery specific to the world of ballet. 

Finally, Marcos Morau discusses his work in the studio with the Opera dancers.
 

Impressions

Ballet

Impressions

Morgann Runacre-Temple, Jessica‎ Wright / Marcos Morau

Palais Garnier
from 11 to 28 Mar 2026

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Romeo and Juliet : the true/false story

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01 min

Romeo and Juliet : the true/false story

By aria

  Can you unravel the true story from the false? Over to you!  

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Romeo and Juliet

Ballet

Romeo and Juliet

Rudolf Nureyev

Opéra Bastille
from 02 Apr to 12 May 2026

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Rusalka: the true/false story

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Rusalka: the true/false story

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An enchanted lake under the moon, some fantastic creatures, unfaithfulness. Will you untangle this complex synopsis of Rusalka? You’re up!  

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Rusalka

Opera

Rusalka

Antonín Dvořák

Opéra Bastille
from 02 to 20 May 2026

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The suspended bed of Rusalka

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A production remembered

03 min

The suspended bed of Rusalka

By Cyril Pesenti

Have you ever dreamed of immersing yourself in the legend of the mermaid? Wait no longer, Rusalka is returning to the stage of the Opéra Bastille. Between reality and supernatural, Michael Levine’s sets magnificently embody the spellbinding music of Antonín Dvořák. Alain Duret, deputy director of the Bastille’s stage equipment department, reveals the secrets of a particularly magical component of the set: the suspended bed.

“At the beginning of the final act, when Rusalka is doomed to wander as a ghost after being betrayed by the prince, the witch Ježibaba appears on a mysterious suspended bed. She reveals to Rusalka the means to bring an end to her suffering: if she wants to save herself, she must kill the Prince.

In order not to reveal the presence of the suspended set piece until the very last moment, we had to come up with an ingenious mechanism. Everything (the bed, chairs, bedside tables, duvet cover, roses, lamps…) is bolted to a steel structure capable of supporting a significant payload. So as to retain a degree of lightness, the external trim of this metallic frame was made of wood and composite materials. Indeed, we mustn’t forget that this set piece is going to be moving: it advances progressively from the far reaches of the stage by way of a rolling system. With a view to suggesting the levitation of the fixed components, the entire frontal section of the structure is covered in black velvet. As a result, the entire set piece seems to blend completely into the dark and sombre atmosphere of the stage.    

À l’envers du décor, escalier permettant à la chanteuse de se placer.
À l’envers du décor, escalier permettant à la chanteuse de se placer. © Elena Bauer / OnP

The rear part of this great wall is organised so that a spiral staircase supported by a steel structure can be attached there. At the desired moment, with the help of a set technician, Ježibaba climbs the steps and positions herself in the box. The funny thing is, we have the impression that she is really lying in the bed, when in fact, she is really standing with her head propped against a pillow to simulate a lying position. When the aria is over, we help Ježibaba climb back down and we close the door to the box.

© Elena Bauer / OnP

We can then release the set’s locks and, with the help of two stagehands manually operate the wheel that makes the bed and the other components rotate. This is how, during her second appearance, revealed by the light escaping from the trap from which Ježibaba reappears, the bed is now turned horizontally!”

Rusalka

Opera

Rusalka

Antonín Dvořák

Opéra Bastille
from 29 Jan to 13 Feb 2019

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La Finta Giardiniera, the true/false story

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La Finta Giardiniera, the true/false story

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Seven characters, all in love with one another, find themselves at the heart of incredible adventures and weird entanglements. Can you untangle this complex synopsis of La Finta Giardiniera? Spoiler alert: there will be spoilers.

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La Finta giardiniera

Opera

La Finta giardiniera

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

MC93 Bobigny
from 24 Mar to 01 Apr 2026

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In the spotlight - Arena in rehearsal

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Interview with Ida Viikinkoski

4:22 min

In the spotlight - Arena in rehearsal

By Antony Desvaux

For the Impressions show scheduled at the Palais Garnier, Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple are creating Arena for the Paris Opera Ballet. 

Dancer Ida Viikinkoski discusses her work in the studio with the two British choreographers, particularly the use of live video in Arena. She also details the different methods used by Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple to create and develop their choreographic material. 

Finally, she explains the meaning of the piece and its title: the idea of an arena where everyone, like in today's society, is competing with others to take center stage and dominate the screens.

Impressions

Ballet

Impressions

Morgann Runacre-Temple, Jessica‎ Wright / Marcos Morau

Palais Garnier
from 11 to 28 Mar 2026

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About the choreography of Arena

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About the choreography of Arena

By Opéra national de Paris

Our collaboration began 15 years ago with the creation of dance films. Together, we developed a choreographic cinematic language rooted in visual storytelling, creating detailed worlds governed by specific rules. Arena is our new stage and film experience, in which we continue to explore the relationships between our live film and choreographic practices.

The story follows an imaginary community of people thrust into a high-stakes competition where there can only be one winner. The group retreats and oscillates, allegiances shift, individuals lose and gain ground. All this in a race to find a place in the spotlight.

Arena approaches technology as both a theme and a means of expression. Confronted with our own image staring back at us, the work poses the question: “Where does my identity stabilize, where do I find myself?” It draws inspiration from our unease with the implications of being everywhere at once.

For us, cinema has always been a playful means of expression, and our work consists of creating illusions, using post-production to enhance, distort, and subvert reality. Although much of the cinematographic work in Arena consists of broadcasting live what is happening on stage, some more traditional elements of cinema are also used to tell the story.

Live cinema on stage involves a significant amount of risk, and we invite the audience to witness this. And even more so to participate in it, by choosing where to focus their gaze: on the bodies or on the film. The real, or the replica.

Impressions

Ballet

Impressions

Morgann Runacre-Temple, Jessica‎ Wright / Marcos Morau

Palais Garnier
from 11 to 28 Mar 2026

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