POP enriches its content with exclusive documentaries

POP (Paris Opera Play), launches its 24/25 season with several new documentaries produced by the Paris Opera, notably focusing on its Troupe lyrique created last season, as well as an ambitious documentary series in seven episodes about the Ballet's tour in Japan in February 2024.

Director Jean-Luc Perreard followed the preparation of the 99 dancers, including 13 Étoiles, for several months, as well as the Tokyo tour during which they performed Swan Lake by Rudolf Nureyev and L'Histoire de Manon by Kenneth MacMillan. The seven episodes of this series will be released on POP at the rate of one episode per month starting from September 1, 2024.

Coming in October, another documentary, Dans les coulisses de Mayerling, which particularly followed the Étoiles Ludmila Pagliero and Mathieu Ganio for this addition of Kenneth MacMillan's ballet to the Paris Opera repertoire in autumn 2022.

The live broadcasts of the autumn season will begin with a symphonic concert, live from the Philharmonie de Paris, featuring the Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by Tugan Sokhiev, performing one of his core repertoires: the poignant Symphony no. 4 by Shostakovich.

Not to be missed are recordings of past seasons' performances, such as the Tribute to Patrick Dupond, I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Bellini, and the Maurice Béjart Evening (2023).
 
 

Launched on March 29, 2023, POP offers the opportunity to experience performances from the Paris Opera live, as well as access to a catalog of nearly 160 videos, regularly updated: recordings of operas or ballets (from the current season or past seasons), documentaries, and ballet masterclasses filmed within its walls.