Name: Das Rheingold (RING Festival)
Start: 2026-11-15T00:00:00
Location: Opéra Bastille

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Christopher Maltman

Brian Mulligan

Kwangchul Youn

Gerhard Siegel

Matthew Cairns

Pablo Heras-Casado

Mika Kares

Simon O'Neill

Eve-Maud Hubeaux

Katharina Magiera

Isabel Signoret

Eliza Boom

Margarita Polonskaya

Juliette Morel

Florent Mbia

Bettina Auer

Ingo Krügler

Rebecca Ringst

Michael Bauer

Calixto Bieito

Opéra national de Paris

Unique in the history of opera, The Ring of the Nibelung is the colossal tetralogy Richard Wagner worked on for thirty years. First performed in 1869, the Prologue The Rhinegold unveils from its first telluric chord a world riddled with existential questions. Who will obtain the power of the ring forged from the gold of the Rhine? The gods, the giants or the Nibelungen?

Das Rheingold (RING Festival)

Opéra Bastille

The Paris Opera continues its exploration of Richard Wagner’s colossal Ring, directed by Calixto Bieito. After the final scene of The Rhinegold, in which the gods ascend to Walhalla, The Valkyrie, the second part of the cycle, focuses on humans in the form of twins Sieglinde and Siegmund.

Die Walküre (RING Festival)

 With Siegfried, staged in Calixto Bieito’s new production, the Paris Opera presents the third part of Richard Wagner’s extraordinary undertaking, the Ring of the Nibelung. Siegfried, the son of Sieglinde and Siegmund, has become a dauntless young man who knows no fear.

Siegfried (RING Festival)

Götterdämmerung (RING Festival)

Noted for her acclaimed performances in the title role of Salome in the 2023-2024 season at the Opéra Bastille, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen appears in recital at the Palais Garnier in a programme entirely devoted to the Lieder of Franz Schubert.

Lise Davidsen

Palais Garnier

The musicians of the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris and the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris invite students to meet the instruments and the orchestra, and to discover a wide range of varied and unusual musical repertoires.

Concert with musicians from the Orchestra #1

Studio Bastille

Serge Lifar, who died 40 years ago, distilled his neoclassical art in Suite en blanc (1943). This work of “pure dance” has become almost a ritual for the Paris Opera Ballet, paying tribute to the French school while continuing to inspire it over time.

Rituals

Entitled “Pulsations”, this programme evokes both the rhythm of time and the beating heart, mirroring the repetitive music of Max Richter that permeates two pieces in the programme: the brand new creation by Lucinda Childs, icon of post-modern dance, for the Paris Opera Ballet, 42 years after Premier orage, and Schmetterling (2010) by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot.

Pulsations

Recitals are offered to families and school groups to help young audiences become familiar with the voice in the intimate setting of the Studio Bastille. Accompanied in their listening by musicians, students are also able to exchange with the artists at the end of the recital.

Carmen remains one of the most iconic heroines of the French repertoire. This recital highlights the full dramatic power and musical richness of Georges Bizet’s masterpiece.

Tell me about Carmen

Designed around shows in the Young Audiences program, the “The Artist, my Parents and I” workshops offer a sensitive and playful approach to opera and dance.

These dance and singing workshops provide a better understanding of performances in the Opéra national de Paris repertory and allow participants to enter fully into the world of opera and ballet.

Workshop with choir director Isabelle Briard. 

Parle-moi de Carmen, mes parents et moi

Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen

On stage, five performers challenge conventions and redefine norms of the dancing body. With XXL, choreographer Sofiane Chalal explores, with sensitivity, the ways in which larger bodies are perceived. Between power and precision, the performers deliver an energetic dance, shaped by their personal journeys and differences. Driven by a writing style that is both engaged and humorous, the piece celebrates self-acceptance and the strength of the collective.

Designed around shows in the Young Audiences program or artists programmed on the stages of the Opéra Bastille and Palais Garnier, the “The Artist, my Parents and I” workshops offer a sensitive and playful approach to opera and dance.

These dance and singing workshops provide a better understanding of performances in the Opéra national de Paris repertory and allow participants to enter fully into the world of opera and ballet.

Dance workshop with Moustapha Bellal, assistant choreographer.