Name: Katia Kabanova
Start: 2027-02-13T19:30:00
Location: Palais Garnier

Sean Panikkar

Simone Young

Peixin Chen

John Daszak

Aliisa Neige Barrière

Trevor Haumschilt-Rocha

Corinne Winters

Thomas Atkins

Doris Soffel

Seray Pinar

Stéphanie Loris

Marianne Chandelier

Stefanie Carp

Olaf Winter

Thomas Stache

Alessandro Di Stefano

Anna Viebrock

Christoph Marthaler

Opéra national de Paris  

The title of La Clemenza di Tito says it all: the emperor of Rome, although betrayed by his friend who has attempted to kill him for the love of a woman, will choose to pardon the conspirators. Themes of imperial mercy were standard fare for operas, especially when written on royal commission. 

La Clemenza di Tito

Palais Garnier

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

Under the direction of Élisabeth Platel, the Paris Opera Ballet School presents its Demonstrations at the Palais Garnier. Since their creation in 1977 by Claude Bessy, they have become a highlight of the School’s calendar, offering the public an opportunity to appreciate the richness of classical dance training at the Paris Opera Ballet School.

Paris Opera Ballet School Demonstrations

Composed of dancers aged 18 to 23 from all over the world who have come to perfect their training and further their mastery of the classical and contemporary repertoire, the Paris Opera’s Junior Ballet, created in 2024, will be performing in several French cities and abroad to showcase its talents in a dedicated programme.

Glimpses of dance

The story could be straightforward: a nobleman – the Count di Luna – and a troubadour – Manrico – both covet the same woman, Leonora. But this classic rivalry is complicated by a vendetta spanning two generations, seasoned with witchcraft, burning at the stake and swapped babies. Far-fetched? No matter!

Il Trovatore

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. 

Katia Kabanova

“Werther has caused more suicides than the world’s most beautiful woman,” wrote Madame de Staël. Indeed, Goethe’s first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, was a literary and aesthetic shock for an entire generation, foreshadowing Romanticism.

Werther

Literature, music, women and love triangles: all these themes feature in the work of Cathy Marston, who has already explored such figures as Clara Schumann and Jacqueline Dupré. For her Paris Opera debut, the British choreographer brings together her favourite themes in a new creation dedicated to George Sand.

Nocturnal Correspondences

Garance, Baptiste, Frédérick Lemaître: names that remain unforgettable for every generation that has seen Marcel Carné’s 1945 film Les Enfants du paradis. In 2008, Étoile dancer and choreographer José Martinez adapted Jacques Prévert's poetic screenplay into a ballet created at the Paris Opera.