Etoiles de l’Opera

Ballet – Palais Garnier

From October 9 to October 29, 2020

On the apron stage of the Palais Garnier, in close proximity to the audience, the Paris Opera’s Étoiles and Premiers Danseurs, accompanied on stage by pianists and a cellist, perform an outstanding selection of solos and duos to music by Saint-Saëns, Satie, Debussy and Chopin. Fokine’s La Mort du cygne, a major repertoire classic, portrays the final fluttering of a ballerina become bird. Danced to a bittersweet score, van Manen’s Trois Gnossiennes traces the contours of an amorous encounter in understated perfection. Drawn from Act III of La Dame aux camélias, Neumeier’s Black Pas de deux carries Marguerite and Armand, the protagonists of Alexandre Dumas fils’ novel of the same name, off in a romantic whirlwind where pitch-black fate gives way to intensely white desire, whilst the Pas de deux à la campagne from Act II celebrates their love. Marriott’s Clair de lune, a male version of the death of the swan and new to the repertoire, revisits ballet’s traditional myth as an ethereal dancer is faced with his own demise. The Opera Ballet’s soloists then pay tribute to the wealth of the American style with Robbins’ A Suite of Dances, Graham’s Lamentation, and Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman.

Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev

Ballet – Palais Garnier

From October 6 to October 30, 2020

Director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989, Rudolf Nureyev’s style and choreography marked the history of dance. The Paris Opera Ballet’s Étoiles and Premiers Danseurs pay him tribute in a series of solos and pas de deux from his greatest ballets: The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Manfred and Don Quixote.

Concert – Mozart

Concert – Palais Garnier

September 19 and 27, 2020

With the Paris Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Philippe Jordan

Concert – Bach

Concert – Palais Garnier

On September 26 & October 3, 2020

Conductor: Philippe Jordan

With the Paris Opera Orchestra
Cappella Mediterranea