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

Figaro here, Figaro there! The Barber of Seville is everywhere always ready to lend a hand, whether it’s giving someone a haircut or playing matchmaker. Especially when it comes to helping Count Almaviva win the heart of the young Rosina, jealously watched over by her guardian. 

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opéra Bastille

In the 1860s, Ambroise Thomas was among those composers who, like Verdi with Macbeth and Gounod with Roméo et Juliette, chose to bring a Shakespeare play to the opera stage. He selected Hamlet, the most famous and also the most philosophical. In the version crafted by librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, the Prince of Denmark loses some of his metaphysical dimension, which is offset by a score full of vivid detail, even featuring two saxophone solos.

Hamlet

“Manon is a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl who loves life and cannot resist fleeting pleasures. She is charming, but amoral.” This is how choreographer Kenneth MacMillan described the heroine of his ballet Manon, inspired by abbé Prévost’s famous novel.

L'Histoire de Manon

Palais Garnier

Musicians from the Paris Opera Orchestra and members of the Chorus offer a series of lunchtime concerts preceded by an introductory presentation.  

Musical encounter October 1

Studio Bastille

Even babies love opera!
Et Op’! is a lyrical moment designed for children aged six months to three years.

This baby concert offers an immersive experience that is auditory, tactile, and visual, introducing young audiences to the world of opera through a mix of well-known arias and music to rediscover (Ravel, Rossini, Schubert, Aperghis, and others).

Et Op’ !

Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen

In Götterdämmerung, Siegfried takes leave of Brünnhilde to travel the world and accomplish new feats. These will be his last: during his journey along the Rhine, he falls victim to a sinister plot hatched by Alberich and his son Hagen. The downfall of the gods is now inevitable...

Götterdämmerung

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.

The artists of the Paris Opera Choirs pay tribute to Bob Chilcott, a major figure in contemporary British choral music, whose work draws on jazz and sacred music.

A suspended moment with Bob Chilcott

A highlight of the season, the Défilé du Ballet introduces the opening gala of the Paris Opera’s dance season, bringing together the entire company on the stage of the Palais Garnier, from the “little rats” of the Ballet School to the Étoiles and the Junior Ballet.

Gala

In the intimate setting of the Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen, the musicians of the Paris Opera Orchestra welcome you for a programme of chamber music.

Échos et battements

Entitled “Inner Landscapes”, this evening suggests an intimate quest, an exploration of emotions and movement in three pieces, two of which are new additions to the repertoire.

In Vers un pays sage (1995), choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot pays tribute to his father, the painter Jean Maillot. To the frenzied music of John Adams, the dancers engage in a dazzling marathon, a joyful explosion of colour.

Aszure Barton makes her Paris Opera debut with a black-and‑white piece, Busk (2009), whose title refers both to the English word for street performance and the Spanish buscar (to search). Using gypsy and choral music, the Canadian choreographer highlights the potential of the dancers’ bodies in an expressive and virtuoso language, sometimes close to mime.

Finally, William Forsythe’s sharp writing marries David Morrow’s music to offer the Rearray trio, a brilliant set of theme and variations pushing bodies to their limits.

Inner Landscapes

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?