Chorus Director

To avenge one of her ancestors, Princess Turandot subjects every royal suitor to a cruel trial: anyone who fails to solve her three riddles will be beheaded. Yet the arrival of an unknown prince may finally awaken her heart to love… 

Turandot

Opéra Bastille

Who is Don Juan? The question remains unanswered, for this character, seen throughout history as a “great lord and wicked man”, a charming seducer, or a toxic predator, defies any definitive description. In his opera, premiered in Prague in 1787 with the complicity of his librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not resolve Don Giovanni’s contradictions, but rather establishes the myth through its expressive power and tragic depth.

Don Giovanni

On the banks of the Volga, in a small Russian town, lives a poetic soul: Katia Kabanova. How could she not feel stifled, trapped between an apathetic husband and a tyrannical mother-in-law? Believing she can satisfy her longing for the absolute in the arms of another man, Katia soon discovers that the sting of remorse will drive her toward a tragic fate. 

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Katia Kabanova

Palais Garnier

It is harvest time. The wheat is tender, much like the heart of Nemorino, a young peasant consumed with love for the beautiful, capricious Adina. Faced with her indifference and fear oflosing her to a rival, he naively buys a love potion from Dulcamara, an itinerant doctor, without realising that it is... a simple bottle of wine!

L’Elisir d’amore

The Trojan War is over. Idomeneo, the King of Crete, returns home after ten years of absence, but encounters a terrible storm on his way. To appease Neptune, he promises to sacrifice the first person he encounters on the shore, without realising that it will be… his own son!

Idomeneo

One glance is all it takes for Romeo and Juliet to fall in love. But their passion collides with the ancestral hatred dividing their families in a Verona on the brink of implosion.

Although Charles Gounod had been attracted to Shakespeare’s play from a young age, it was only some twenty years later, after the success of Faust, that he set about transforming it into an opera.

Chorus Director

Alessandro Di Stefano

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 27 - Dec 27, 2026

Turandot · Opéra national de Paris

Jan 25 - Jun 24, 2027

Don Giovanni · Opéra national de Paris

Jan 27 - Feb 13, 2027

Katia Kabanova · Opéra national de Paris

Mar 23 - Apr 13, 2027

L’Elisir d’amore · Opéra national de Paris

Apr 30 - May 25, 2027

Idomeneo · Opéra national de Paris

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