The Collège de France and the Paris Opera are joining forces to offer five exceptional lectures. At the centre of French intellectual life since it was founded by François 1er in 1530, the Collège de France is distinguished for the excellence of its research and its educational independence. Collaborating with the Paris Opera, the Collège de France continues to embrace personalities who have left their mark on the artistic world. The College’s Marguerite de Navarre Amphitheatre will play host to five pre-eminent figures from the world of the performing arts writing tomorrow’s history of the Paris Opera: Stéphane Lissner, Philippe Jordan, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Dmitri Tcherniakov.