Report from the 17 July 2020
It is with great sadness that the Paris Opera has learned of the passing of Zizi Jeanmaire.
Ballerina, Music-hall star, Roland Petit’s wife and muse, Zizi Jeanmaire passed away in Switzerland this Friday, 17 July, at the age of 96. She entered the Paris Opera Ballet School at 9 (1933) and gave her final concert at the Bastille Opera's Amphitheatre in November 2000.