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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Opera Wire
APR 16, 2021
Gustavo Dudamel, New Music Director of Opéra National de Paris
New York Times
NOV 18, 2020
Running the Paris Opera Was Never Going to Be Easy. But Come On.
Opera Wire
JUL 3, 2020
American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet Launch Young Artist Relief Fund
Thirty Seven East Blog
MAY 5, 2020
“Not at your home with” Olivia Tournay Flatto Interview by AFPOB Trustee JC Agid
LePetitJournal.com
MAR 27, 2020
L’Opéra de Paris invite Mozart dans votre salon new-yorkais - FR article
The New York Times
MAR 26, 2020
A Paris Opera Conductor Comes Full Circle
The New York Times
DEC 21, 2019
An 18th-Century Opera, Supercharged for Our Time
POB Press Release
JUL 24, 2019
Alexander Neef appointed future general director of the Paris Opera
Pointes Magazine
JUL 11, 2019
Watch These Paris Opéra Ballet Dancers Give a Surprise In-Flight Performance
New York Social Diary
MAY 20, 2019
Through the Kitchen to the Big Stage
Vogue US
MAY 14, 2019
The Paris Opera Celebrates 350 Years With a Glittering Gala
Le Petit Journal
MAY 3, 2019
350 Years of the Paris Opera: Americans are Celebrating
The New York Times
JAN 31, 2019
7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend
The New York Times
SEP 18, 2018
Beyond Performance: Fundraising Helps Pay the Bills
Opera Wire
JAN 30, 2018
The 5 Must-See Performers of the Paris Opera's 2018-19 Season
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An 18th-Century Opera, Supercharged for Our Time

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The play that became Verdi’s “La Traviata” was, its composer wrote in 1853, “un soggetto dell’epoca”: a story of our times. He bristled when censors insisted that the setting of the opera, with its inflammatory tale of…

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The Paris Opera Celebrates 350 Years With a Glittering Gala

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Three hundred and fifty years ago, Louis XIV, the Sun King, established opera academies—patterned after those established in Italy and already copied in Germany and Charles II’s England—in France…

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PRESS RELEASES

AFPOB
JUN 31, 2020
Press Release - Launch of a Young Singers and Dancers' Relief Fund
Paris Opera & Ballet
JUL 24, 2019
Press Release - Alexander Neef appointed future General Director of the Paris Opera
Paris Opera & Ballet
SEP 20, 2019
Press Release - Opening Gala of the 19 / 20 Season
AFPOB
APR 30, 2018
Press Release - Singer Karine Deshayes to celebrate the 350th Anniversary of the Paris Opera

PARIS OPERA NEWS

Vogue US
MAY 14, 2019
The Paris Opera Celebrates 350 Years With a Glittering Gala
POB Press Release
JUL 24, 2019
Alexander Neef appointed future general director of the Paris Opera
The New York Times
FEB 5, 2016
Benjamin Millepied to Step Down From Paris Opera Ballet
The New York Times
DEC 2, 2015
Google Cultural Institute Puts Us All Onstage
The New York Times
FEB 5, 2015
New Leaders at Paris Opera Unveil an Ambitious Future
The New York Times
NOV 2, 2014
His Plan: Have One Eye on Everything
Vogue US
OCT 18, 2014
Natalia Vodianova's Grand Tour with New Director Millepied
Arts Beat (NY Times)
FEB 18, 2014
Paris Opera Ballet Wins Jerome Robbins Award
The New Yorker
JUL 29, 2013
Bounding Ambition
The New York Times
JAN 24, 2013
Paris Opera Ballet Picks Outsider for New Director
Huffington Post
JUN 28, 2012
Paris Opera Ballet Heads to New York

EVENTS

Vogue US
MAY 14, 2019
The Paris Opera Celebrates 350 Years With a Glittering Gala
Le Petite Journal
MAY 3, 2019
350 Years of the Paris Opera: American are Celebrating
Vogue US
SEP 25, 2016
Aymeline Valade, Eva Herzigova, and More at Opening Night Gala
WWD
SEP 25, 2016
Curtain Raises on Paris Opera Ballet's New Season
Haute Living
SEP 17, 2013
Natalie Portman Celebrates Benjamin Millepied’s New Post
Cottages & Gardens
SEP 17, 2013
Du Temps Pirouettes
Bloomberg News
SEP 10, 2013
Scene Last Night: Natalie Portman, Millepied, Zeckendorf

COLLABORATIONS

Vice
OCT 1, 2014
Artist JR Photographed A Troupe Of Ballet Dancers 180 Feet Above Paris
Le Figaro
SEP 19, 2014
JR and the 40 Dancers on the Roofs of the Opera
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Season by Season

2019 / 2020

The New York Times
DEC 21, 2019
An 18th-Century Opera, Supercharged for Our Time
POB Press Release
JUL 24, 2019
Alexander Neef appointed future general director of the Paris Opera
Pointes Magazine
JUL 11, 2019
Watch These Paris Opéra Ballet Dancers Give a Surprise In-Flight Performance
New York Social Diary
MAY 20, 2019
Through the Kitchen to the Big Stage
Vogue US
MAY 14, 2019
The Paris Opera Celebrates 350 Years With a Glittering Gala
Le Petit Journal
MAY 3, 2019
350 Years of the Paris Opera: Americans are Celebrating

2018 / 2019

The New York Times
JAN 31, 2019
7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend
The New York Times
SEP 18, 2018
Beyond Performance: Fundraising Helps Pay the Bills
New York Social Diary
MAY 31, 2018
Parisians in New York
Newsnotes Dance Blog
MAY 30, 2018
Paris Opera Ballet - Cinema Screening
The New York Times
MAY 17, 2018
9 Dance Performance to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend
Opera Wire
JAN 30, 2018
The 5 Must-See Performers of the Paris Opera's 2018-19 Season

2017 / 2018

Le Monde
SEP 24, 2017
Aurélie Dupont's Dream to Open Opera Doors
The New York Times
JULY 7, 2017
Review: Balanchine Jewels from Paris, Moscow and New York
The New York Times
MAR 7, 2017
Christian Lacroix Puts Opulence into a Midsummer Nights
The New York Times
JAN 25, 2017
'Don Carlos' at Center of Paris Opera's New Season

2016 / 2017

The New York Times
SEP 26, 2016
Review: New Season Kickoff with Futuristic Choreography
Vogue US
SEP 25, 2016
Aymeline Valade, Eva Herzigova, and More at Opening Night Gala
WWD
SEP 25, 2016
Curtain Raises on Paris Opera Ballet's New Season
The New York Times
SEP 8, 2016
An Artist's Haunting Fantasy of the Paris Opera Ballet
Vanity Fair
SEP 8, 2016
2016 International Best Dressed List: Featuring Aurelie Dupont
The New York Times
AUG 11, 2016
Wellness, Beauty and Style - According to a French Ballet Star
Pointe Magazine
AUG 1, 2016
Poise and Polish: Paris Opera Ballet's Hannah O'Neill

2015 / 2016

The New York Times
JUL 5, 2016
William Forsythe Love Letter to Ballet
The New Yorker
APR 18, 2016
Aurélie Dupont, Unbound
The New York Times
MAR 14, 2016
Review: 'Iolanta' and 'The Nutcracker', Reunited Naturalistically
The New York Times
MAR 9, 2016
In ‘Iolanta/The Nutcracker,’ a Director Unites Two Tchaikovsky Works
The New York Times
FEB 11, 2016
Benjamin Millepied Opens Up on Leaving Paris Opera Ballet
The New York Times
FEB 5, 2016
Benjamin Millepied to Step Down From Paris Opera Ballet
The New York Times
NOV 5, 2015
The Challenge of Schönberg’s Opera ‘Moses and Aron’
The New York Times
NOV 4, 2015
A Triumphant De Keersmaeker Takes Paris Opera by Storm
The New York Times
NOV 4, 2015
A Triumphant De Keersmaeker Takes Paris Opera by Storm
The New York Times
SEP 26, 2015
Paris Opera Shows Off Its Brilliance
The New York Times
FEB 5, 2015
New Leaders at Paris Opera Unveil an Ambitious Future

2014 / 2015

The New York Times
JUN 30, 2014
Where Passion Rules, Morality Stands Little Chance
The New York Times
JUN 13, 2014
In Paris, Benjamin Millepied Rises to the Occasion
The New York Times
MAR 5, 2014
Paris Opera Announces New Season

2013 / 2014

The New York Times
FEB 26, 2014
Feminist Tales, Up to a Point

2012 / 2013

The New Yorker
JUL 29, 2013
Bounding Ambition
The New York Times
JAN 24, 2013
Paris Opera Ballet Picks Outsider for New Director
The New York Times
DEC 28, 2012
Watching Dancers Grow, as Cultivated by a Daredevil

2011 / 2012

Forbes
JUL 23, 2012
Vacheron Constantin and the Paris Opera Ballet Showcase Their Arts in the US
The New Yorker
JUL 19, 2012
Doom in Pink Shoes
Time Out
JUL 9, 2012
Aurélie Dupont talks about being the Paris Opera Ballet's shining étoile
Washington Post
JUL 6, 2012
Paris Opera Ballet's 'Giselle' Soars at Kennedy Center
Chicago Tribune
JUL 6, 2012
Paris at the Harris
Huffington Post
JUN 28, 2012
Paris Opera Ballet Heads to New York
NewCity Stage
JUN 22, 2012
The Paris Opera Ballet Makes Its First Chicago Appearance
Michigan Avenue
JUN 19, 2012
The Paris Opera Ballet Comes to Chicago
Daily Herald
JUN 19, 2012
Best bets: Paris Opera Ballet leaps into Harris Theater
Chicago Reader
JUN 19, 2012
The Paris Opéra Ballet does La Danse Francaise Big Time
Time Out
JUN 19, 2012
The Paris Opera Ballet plays the Harris and the Pritzker Pavilion
Pointe Magazine
MAY 22, 2012
Paris Opéra Ballet's Newest Étoile Ludmila Pagliero
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