Opéra Bastille

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What are the must-see shows at the Opéra Bastille this season?

Alexander Neef, director of the Paris Opera, has crafted a 2024-2025 season that now defines his artistic policy. Between new creations, heritage works, and major revivals, music lovers can now look forward to rediscovering the grand institution that garners universal admiration, especially with José Martínez, the impeccable dance director. With his international stature, he offers relevant choices for dance with some new opportunities for the Etoiles, the Premières Danseuses, the Premiers Danseurs, and the ballet corps of the Opera. While emblematic ballets grace the Bastille’s grand evenings, it is mainly operas that are expected there as nothing replaces the experience of a live performance, especially regarding lyric and choreographic spectacles.

For ballet, it is indeed at the Palais Garnier that one will admire the great titles like Onegin, the masterpiece of the great choreographer John Cranko, or Sylvia in the new classical choreography by Manuel Legris, and the moving Mayerling by Kenneth MacMillan. At Garnier, the magnificent choreographers of the season Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Sharon Eyal, Hofesh Shechter, and Alexander Ekman will also be applauded. And yet, the grand stage of the Opéra Bastille hosts two absolute masterpieces of the white ballet with Paquita by Pierre Lacotte for the 2024 year-end festivities and the immortal Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky. With the choreography by Rudolf Nureyev, these are two shows to see at least once in a lifetime. It is highly recommended to book these dance shows as soon as possible because the demand is always very high for the Paris Opera Ballet.

Alexander Neef marks this 2024-2025 season at the Opéra Bastille with his originality. As he did with Beatrice di Tenda or La Vestale last season, great long-forgotten titles return like Castor et Pollux by Rameau or Les Brigands by Offenbach which are on the bill at the Palais Garnier. The new productions of Bastille are particularly anticipated, notably Il Trittico by Puccini. Three operas in one evening to transition from laughter to tears with a very great international star who will finally be on the bill of the Paris Opera. The soprano Asmik Grigorian, known to music lovers, will fill the house and it is better to book tickets in advance to not miss the event.

Another new production will make a big noise this 2024-2025 season. One of the biggest events of the season is undoubtedly Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy with a staging entrusted to Wajdi Mouawad, a well-known theater man. The cast is most exceptional with the incandescent Sabine Devieilhe, for whom it is one of her greatest roles, the superb Huw Montague Rendall (also Gordon Bintner, Sophie Koch, and Jean Teitgen) under the direction of a passionate conductor, Antonello Manacorda. Even though we always regret the incomprehensible absence of Karine Deshayes at the height of her vocal means, many French counterparts are on the bill like Ludovic Tézier. One of the greatest baritones of his generation is a regular at Bastille, but this time he embodies his very first Wotan in Das Rheingold, the first episode of a long-awaited and finally on the bill tetralogy! (tickets to be booked as soon as possible).

By inviting the great French lyrical stars, Alexander Neef has undoubtedly learned the lesson of the immortal Régine Crespin, who was celebrated everywhere except on the stage of the Paris Opera. Do not miss the invaluable Julie Fuchs and the truculent Lawrence Brownlee and Lionel Lhote in La Fille du Régiment by Donizetti with two other beloved stars, Susan Graham and Felicity Lott in the perfect production by Laurent Pelly. Opera tickets will be quickly snapped up to see Roberto Alagna or Benjamin Bernheim as Chevalier Des Grieux in Manon by Massenet. The greatest tenors of their generation have as partners Amina Edris and Nadine Sierra.

The operas that create the event are numerous this season at the Opéra Bastille because among the revivals one notes for example I Puritani by Bellini with a dream cast (Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee). Ambrogio Maestri is an invaluable Falstaff not to be missed like Pene Pati in this very successful production of Faust (Tobias Kratzer); You can see, the great voices are well present at Bastille with also the splendid soprano Elena Stikhina in Madama Butterfly by Puccini, celebrated in 2024 for this anniversary season. Don Carlos by Verdi is worth its exceptional cast because the greatest artists are gathered there, Charles Castronovo, Marina Rebeka, Ekaterina Gubanova, and Christian Van Horn.

There are many opportunities to book seats at the Paris Opera this 2024-2025 season which promises to be really beautiful.