Paris Opera Season 2024-2025
An evening at the opera in Paris will add a dash of glamour to any trip to Paris. There are two opera houses which are like chalk and cheese. The 19th century Palais Garnier with its flamboyant Baroque revival architecture and a cosy interior of crimson velvet and gold, and the Opera Bastille, built in the 80s as part of President Mitterrand's legacy of monumental buildings. The architecture has always been the subject of controversy with the interior once described as having “the slick, impersonal look of an airport lounge”.
This season, the opera houses offer some very well-known ballets and operas, as well as some twists on classics.
Get dressed up for a rare occasion, delve into the extravagant costumes, exciting theatrics and lose yourself in the magnificent voices and dancers performing this year.
Activities
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Das Rheingold / L'Or du Rhin, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 29 January-19 February 2025
Unique in the history of opera, The Ring of the Nibelung is the colossal tetralogy Richard Wagner worked on for thirty years.
220,00 € -
Don Carlos, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 29 March-25 April 2025
Verdi’s Don Carlos, commissioned by the Paris Opera where it premiered in 1867, brought a new direction to the composer’s musical inspiration: a dark and intense score, in which political, religious and moral issues stir characters in the throes of inner torment.
180,00 € -
Faust, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 26 September-18 October 2024
Selling his soul to the devil for eternal youth is Faust’s – inevitably risky – gamble. By joining forces with the diabolical Mephistopheles, the elderly scholar recovers a youthfulness that allows him to win over the beautiful Marguerite, but at what cost???
175,00 € -
Hofesh Shechter, Opéra Garnier, Paris: 10 June-14 July 2025
A choreographer with multiple influences,from the Jerusalem of his childhood to the Paris of his youth or London where he lives, a protean artist with a passion for music, images and film, Hofesh Shechter proposes dance that is visceral, intenseand electric.
140,00 € -
I Puritani / Les Puritains, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 6 February-5 March 2025
In 17th-century England, just after the beheading of Charles I, the supporters of the republican Cromwell – the Puritans – are rejoicing at Elvira’s forthcoming marriage to Arturo, despite the fact that he is a royalist. But when the young Cavalier discovers the identity of the prisoner guarded by the Puritans, everything is turned upside down…
130,00 € -
Il Trittico, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 29 April-28 May 2025
Three colours, three moods, three registers. And yet Puccini conceived this triptych as a whole from the outset.
220,00 € -
La Fille du régiment, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 17 October-20 November 2024
In 1838, Gaetano Donizetti moved to Paris after a career already rich in works such as Lucia di Lammermoor, when he received a commission from the Opéra-Comique.
180,00 € -
Madama Butterfly / Madame Butterfly, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 14 September-25 October 2024
Poor Madame Butterfly! The 15-year-old geisha, who has renounced her family and Japanese traditions for the love of an American naval officer, finds herself abandoned in favour of a Western wife.
155,00 € -
Manon, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 26 May-20 June 2025
“Let us love, laugh and sing without end”, proclaims Manon, even more attracted by jewels and the easy life than by her love – however sincere – for the Chevalier des Grieux.
158,00 € -
Paquita, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 5 December 2024-4 January 2025
“When I recreate a ballet, I search for the fragrance of the period”, said dancer and choreographer Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023. In Paquita, that perfume is the heady scent of Spain, mixed with elegant French fragrances.
150,00 € -
Pelléas et Mélisande, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 28 February-27 March 2025
Where does Mélisande come from and what did she endure before losing her way in the forest of Allemonde?
180,00 € -
Rigoletto, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 1 December 2024-12 June 2025
“It’s a magnificent, grandiose subject, featuring one of the most extraordinary characters ever created in the theatre and in the world”.
180,00 € -
The Barber of Seville / Le Barbier de Séville, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 10 June-13 July 2025
A man is adept at shaving beards and combing hair, as well as playing the guitar and writing love letters. Who is he?
180,00 € -
The Cunning Little Vixen / La Petite Renarde rusée, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 15 January-01 February 2025
It’s no easy matter taming a vixen!
85,00 € -
The Magic Flute / La Flûte enchantée, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 2-23 November 2024
In 1791, disappointed by the fickle Viennese who preferred other composers, particularly Italian ones, Mozart accepted a proposal from his friend Emanuel Schikaneder, the director of the Theater auf der Wieden, to write an opera in German for the less bourgeois suburban audiences.
200,00 € -
The Sleeping Beauty / La Belle au bois dormant, Opéra Bastille, Paris: 8 March-12 July 2025
Don't miss Nureyev's enchanting ballet The Sleeping Beauty in March 2025 at the Opera Bastille in Paris. Book your tickets on Divento!
160,00 €
