Reopening of the Palais Garnier for self-guided tours: Discover the treasures of the Palais Garnier’s public areas, a master piece of the 19th century theater art architecture.

Reopening of the Palais Garnier for self-guided tours: Discover the treasures of the Palais Garnier’s public areas, a master piece of the 19th century theater art architecture.
On September 1st, 2020, Le Bristol Paris’ revolving door will turn once again. The Palace is preparing its highly-anticipated reopening with enchanting new spaces to unveil.
The stage renovation and maintenance work of the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier, which were originally scheduled for the summer of 2021, to start in the Summer of 2020 instead. The lyric and choreographic programming of the Opéra national de Paris will therefore resume at the end of November 2020 in Bastille and January 2021 in Garnier.
The halls of the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille are now closed until further notice; laboratories are mostly concentrating their research on a Covid19 vaccine. Yet science and art—brain and heart—remain more than ever the essence of our lives.
LIST AND CALENDAR OF THE PARIS OPERA & BALLET UPCOMING STREAMING PRODUCTIONS – May 2020
The Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet created a video, edited by French film Director Cedric Klapisch, to thank the medical staff and all the people helping during the Covid-19 confinement.
While the opera houses are shut down, the Paris Opera has decided to provide and host for free a selection of free operas and ballets online. List and calendar available.
Alexander Neef has been appointed incoming General Director of the Paris Opera by the President of the Republic, acting on a proposal put forward by the Minister of Culture, Franck Riester.