Semyon Bychkov to succeed Gustavo Dudamel as Paris Opera music director

Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028, the company's ...

Paris Opera Takes On a Noted Conductor, Aiming to Expand Its Symphonic Offerings

Semyon Bychkov will be the musical director for a period when the opera’s performance spaces are under renovation. It’s a ...

Semyon Bychkov appointed music director of the Paris Opera

The position of music director of the Opéra National de Paris, which had been left vacant for two and a half years following ...
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Paris Opera Ballet's only West Coast performance of ‘Red Carpet' is in the Bay Area. Here's why it's worth seeing

Founded during Louis XIV's opulent 17th-century reign and housed in the ornate Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera Ballet embodies Old World glamour. With "Red Carpet," a new work by choreographer Hofesh ...
CNN

Airbnb is celebrating ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ with a one-night stay at Palais Garnier

In celebration of its magnificent run, Airbnb is collaborating with the Opera National de Paris to transform one of the most exclusive chambers in the Palais Garnier opera house, the Box of Honour, ...
France 24

Paris Opera drama as rebel dancer quits in pursuit of ‘professional freedom’

One of the best-known male dancers at the Paris Opera, who has won a big following outside ballet for working as a judge on the French equivalent of "Strictly Come Dancing", on Wednesday quit the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Paris Opera’ (‘L’Opera’): Film Review

Swiss director Jean-Stephane Bron goes behind the scenes at the titular institution in 'The Paris Opera,' his Frederick Wiseman-like documentary. By Boyd van Hoeij In Frederick Wiseman’s masterful ...
France 24

Paris opera singers go digital after Covid-19 keeps venues closed

So they decided to film their performance of works by a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 18th century French composers Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Andre Gretry and offer it on a new ...
The New York Times

Running the Paris Opera Was Never Going to Be Easy. But Come On.

Alexander Neef has taken on one of the most prestigious jobs in culture amid a pandemic, labor strikes and internal unrest. By Roslyn Sulcas PARIS — Wearing a dark blue suit, masked, and with a part ...