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FOUND: Paris opera - What They Never Told You

Antonia Bembo fled Venice to escape her abusive husband – over three centuries later, her opera finally takes the stage

The Paris Opera has staged iconic works like “Don Carlos” and “Les Troyens,” along with celebrated ballets such as “Les Indes Galantes” and “The Rite of Spring.”

The Conversation

Ralph Fiennes, star of stage and screen, makes opera debut in Paris directing `Eugene Onegin'

Ralph Fiennes made his opera directing debut with Tchaikovsky's “Eugene Onegin” at the Paris Opera

The Independent UK

Semyon Bychkov to succeed Gustavo Dudamel as Paris Opera music director

Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028

The Independent UK

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Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut

Actor Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut in Paris next season with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.”

The Independent UK

Easy Escapes: The Hilton Paris Opera offers classic Parisian style in the city's cultural centre

The Hilton Paris Opera honours its rich history with decadent décor and an old-school attitude to hospitality

Marie Claire

Another Gustavo surprise: Dudamel is leaving his Paris Opera post four years early

LOS ANGELES — That was fast. Gustavo Dudamel announced Thursday morning that he will step down as music director of Paris Opera in July, at the end of his second season — four years before his contract was to expire.

Los Angeles Times

An anti-portrait of an opera-goer – Bill Henson’s best photograph

‘I photographed opera-goers in Paris over several months. The pictures were technically fine – but I wanted them to feel timeless. So I restaged them in Melbourne with models’

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Paris Opera appoints Guillaume Diop as its first black 'Etoile' dancer

The Paris Opera on Saturday appointed 23-year-old dancer Guillaume Diop to its Etoile category, the first time a black person has received the ballet's coveted top rank.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Opera seeks to nurture artistic talent in French Guiana

Seeking out new audiences and fresh talent, the Paris Opera is launching a three-year outreach programme in French Guiana that aims to make it easier for people in the overseas department to pursue careers in opera and ballet.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Opera drama as rebel dancer quits in pursuit of ‘professional freedom’

One of the best-known male dancers at the Paris Opera, who has won a big following outside ballet for working as a judge on the French equivalent of "Strictly Come Dancing", on Wednesday quit the company after months of tension.

France 24

Rise (En Corps) review – a ballerina’s dramatic comeback from devastating injury

Marion Barbeau, a Paris Opera ballerina making her acting debut, is terrific as an injured performer who finds strength in a contemporary dance company

The Guardian - UK

Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter on his unique vision of contemporary dance

As the Paris Opera introduces his contemporary pieces “In Your Rooms” and “Uprising” to their repertoire, Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter tells us about collaborating with the prestigious institution, and how they "bent over backwards" to accommodate his experimental work. With Shechter’s recent piece "Contemporary Dance" coming to the stage a…

France 24

Renée Fleming to portray Pat Nixon at Paris Opera in 2023

American soprano Renée Fleming is to make rare operatic appearances as Pat Nixon in a new production of John Adams’ “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera next season

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