On 22nd April, Yvette Chauviré would have been 100 years old. An immense artist, ambassadress of the French style, generous, elegant and an excellent teacher, the dancer Étoile left a solid and lasting mark on the Paris Opera Ballet.
A searing and scandalous work, banned from performance for thirty years by the Soviet authorities, Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mzensk is also linked to the history of the Paris Opera, since it marked the very first years of Bastille. Krzysztof Warlikow
Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio Il Primo Omicidio is being given for the first time at the Paris Opera in a production staged by one of today's major artists, Romeo Castellucci.
The work that opened the Opéra Bastille in 1990, Les Troyens is playing in an explosive staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Octave invites you to discover the different facets of this monumental epic and its composer Hector Berlioz.
The return of the emblematic French grand opera "Les Huguenots" to the bill of the Paris Opera is undoubtedly the major event as the season opens.
On the occasion of the new production of Boris Godounov at the Opéra Bastille, Alexandre Lacroix - writer and editorial director of Philosophie Magazine - meets those who contribute to the creation of an opera.
To mark the creation of Only the Sound Remains, Octave proposes a series of portraits and interviews with Kajia Saariaho, Philippe Jaroussky and Julie Mehretu.
On the occasion of France Musique’s special day devoted to Philippe Jordan on Friday October 13, OCTAVE draws a portrait of the Paris Opera’s musical director through some of the projects that have marked recent seasons.
Bringing together a dream cast under the musical direction of Philippe Jordan and staged by Krzysztof Warlikowski, Don Carlos is undoubtedly the most highly-anticipated production to mark the beginning of the season. An opportunity to discover this rarely
In interviews, the filmmakers talk about their sources of inspiration, about the building and what opera and dance mean to them, about the role of the Opera today.
Sébastian Bertaud, Bruno Bouché, Simon Valastro and Nicolas Paul, all dancers with the Paris Opera, offer us their creations for the company’s dancers on the stage of the Palais Garnier.
