Season Launch

For the fourth year in a row, at the suggestion of the Paris Opera, municipalities across France will be offering free, open-air performances of productions recorded at the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier. The initiative begins on July 15, 2017 and continues until August 31, 2017.

Participating towns and municipalities currently include:

• Mandelieu La Napoule – which will screen The Barber of Seville on July 19, 2017 and Swan Lake on August 16, 2017 at the Théâtre Robinson.
• Grenoble – which will screen Swan Lake on July 21, 2017 at the Parc Jean Verlhac, La Traviata on July 27, 2017, The Sleeping Beauty on August 10, 2017 and Aida on August 24, 2017 at the Téléphérique Grenoble Bastille, and finally, an evening of Ballets on August 4, 2017 at the Parc Bauchelard.
• Châtillon-sur-Seine – which will screen Swan Lake on August 2, 2017.
• Joigny – which will screen Aida on August 8, 2017 in the Cour d’honneur of the Hôtel de Ville.
• Quéven – which will screen The Sleeping Beauty at the Parc municipal de Kerzec on August 12, 2017.
• Pau – which will screen Aida on August 12, 2017 and La Traviata on August 28, 2017.
• Guéméné – which will screen Swan Lake on the ramparts of the old Castle on August 18, 2017.
• Quimperlé – which will screen Swan Lake at the Manoir de Kernaukt on August 22, 2017.
• Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon – which will screen Swan Lake on August 21, 2017 and La Traviata on August 28, 2017.
• Cannes – which will screen Rigoletto in the Place de la Castre on August 27, 2017.