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Ballet

Paquita

by Pierre Lacotte

Opéra Bastille

from 05 December 2024 to 04 January 2025

Opera

Rigoletto

by Giuseppe Verdi

Opéra Bastille

from 01 December 2024 to 12 June 2025

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Opera

The Cunning Little Vixen

Leoš Janáček

Opéra Bastille

from 15 January to 01 February 2025

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Opera

The Rake's Progress

Igor Stravinsky

Palais Garnier
from 30 November to 23 December 2024
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Ballet

Play

Alexander Ekman

Palais Garnier
from 07 December 2024 to 04 January 2025
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Ballet - Meeting

Paris Opera Ballet public class

on the Opéra Bastille stage

Opéra Bastille
on 27 December 2024 at 11:15 am
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Life at the Opera

  • Kids react to Ballet dancer Caroline Osmont
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    Kids react to Ballet dancer Caroline Osmont

  • The Ballet School's students in Paquita
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    The Ballet School's students in Paquita

  • Toi toi toi: Paris Opera Ballet School - Meet Elisabeth Platel
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    Toi toi toi: Paris Opera Ballet School - Meet Elisabeth Platel

  • Paquita's Grand Pas
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    Paquita's Grand Pas

  • Play or the joy of playing
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    Play or the joy of playing

  • À L'AFFICHE - Rigoletto, a jester named TRIBOULET?
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    À L'AFFICHE - Rigoletto, a jester named TRIBOULET?

  • The Rake's Progress: Stravinsky's homage to opera
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    The Rake's Progress: Stravinsky's homage to opera

  • The Cunning Little Vixen
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    The Cunning Little Vixen

  • Draw-me The Rake's Progress
    Video

    Draw-me The Rake's Progress

  • Draw-me Paquita
    Video

    Draw-me Paquita

Kids react to Ballet dancer Caroline Osmont

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2:33 min

Kids react to Ballet dancer Caroline Osmont

By Ming Fai Sham Lourenco

The Ballet School's students in Paquita

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Élisabeth Platel rehearses the Polonaise and the Mazurka

4:17 min

The Ballet School's students in Paquita

By Antony Desvaux

On the occasion of the revival of Paquita at the Opéra Bastille, Élisabeth Platel talks about the work of the Ballet School’s students who take part in the show alongside the Paris Opera Ballet dancers.

The School's Director looks back over the history of the different versions of Paquita, a ballet originally created in 1846 and reconstituted in 2001 by Pierre Lacotte.

Assisted by former Premier Danseur Florian Magnenet, who is in charge of the students' rehearsals, Élisabeth Platel explains what is at stake in this show for the children, who dance a Polonaise and a Mazurka: learning the stage, putting pantomime into practice, and finally observing the work of the Corps de Ballet.

Toi toi toi: Paris Opera Ballet School - Meet Elisabeth Platel

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1:25:22 min

Toi toi toi: Paris Opera Ballet School - Meet Elisabeth Platel

By Octave

Élisabeth Platel will present the Paris Opera Ballet School’s Demonstrations and talk about the importance of teaching a style and a technique at the heart of different traditions, and how the students are making this heritage their own for the annual school performance in April 2025.  

Paquita's Grand Pas

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Valentine Colasante and Guillaume Diop rehearse with Agnès Letestu

4:31 min

Paquita's Grand Pas

By Antony Desvaux

On the occasion of the revival of Paquita in Pierre Lacotte's production, Valentine Colasante and Guillaume Diop talk about their leading roles in this ballet created by Joseph Mazilier in 1846. The Étoiles dancers recount the love story between Paquita and Lucien d'Hervilly, and how they work their characters between mischief and romanticism. To guide them through the rehearsals for” Le Grand pas”, Étoile dancer Agnès Letestu shares her experience with them in the studio. In this ballet full of humor and drama, Valentine Colasante and Guillaume Diop emphasize the importance of expression and the balance to be achieved with technical virtuosity.  

Play or the joy of playing

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Alexander Ekman reworks Play

4:34 min

Play or the joy of playing

By Antony Desvaux

On the occasion of the revival of Play at the Palais Garnier, Alexander Ekman talks about his work in the studio with the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet.

The choreographer looks back on the creative process that took place in 2017, and explains why the theme of play was chosen.

Alexander Ekman, a lover of large-scale ballets, recalls the games of his childhood and the way he transposes and exacerbates them on stage. He explains the ballet script he conceived with dramaturge Carina Nildalen, and finally shares the changes he is making to Play this season with the dancers' complicity.  

À L'AFFICHE - Rigoletto, a jester named TRIBOULET?

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1:35 min

À L'AFFICHE - Rigoletto, a jester named TRIBOULET?

By Théo Schornstein, Valentine Boidron

Shameless jester in the service of a libertine duke, loving and protective father... this is Rigoletto, the character from Verdi's opera!
Did you know that behind these ambiguous traits lies a very real profile? 

The Rake's Progress: Stravinsky's homage to opera

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Interview with Susanna Mälkki

8:51 min

The Rake's Progress: Stravinsky's homage to opera

By Marion Mirande

Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, premiered in 1951, underlines the composer's lyrical and orchestral mastery as well as his great musical culture.

Conductor Susanna Mälkki, currently conducting the work at the Palais Garnier, reflects on the composer's astounding ability to embrace modernity whilst looking back to the great masters who preceded him.  

© Matthieu Pajot

The Cunning Little Vixen

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Understand the plot in 1 minute

1:31 min

The Cunning Little Vixen

By Matthieu Pajot

Draw-me The Rake's Progress

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Understand the plot in 1 minute

1:31 min

Draw-me The Rake's Progress

By Pajot Matthieu

Draw-me Paquita

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Understand the plot in 1 minute

1:10 min

Draw-me Paquita

By Pajot Matthieu

News

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    21 December 2024

    New

    Cast change: Rigoletto

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    09 December 2024

    Message to spectators

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    16 December 2024

    Cast change: The Rake's Progress

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    11 December 2024

    Villa Hegra invites the Ballet Junior de l'Opéra national de Paris to AlUla on December 13 and 14, 2024.

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    06 December 2024

    Message to spectators of Paquita on 6th December at the Opéra Bastille

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    06 December 2024

    Message to spectators of Paquita on 5th December at the Opéra Bastille

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    03 December 2024

    Giving Tuesday : the Paris Opera for all

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    20 November 2024

    Upcoming public rehearsals of the Ballet company and 'Toï toï toï' encounters

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    16 November 2024

    Annual promotion competition for the corps de ballet of the 0péra national de Paris: quadrilles class

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    31 October 2024

    Cast change: La Fille du régiment

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