silvermash Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 2020-2021 season is out. Due to budget constraints Pierre Lacotte's full length Le Rouge et le Noir after Stendhal is cancelled 22/09/2020 Gala: Défilé/ Shechter/Robbins/Pite The Art of Not Looking Back/In the Night / Seasons’ canon 25/09-17/10/2020 Shechter/Robbins/Pite - The Art of Not Looking Back/In the Night / Seasons’ canon 27/10-14/11/2020 Cherkaoui/Eyal/Ashton – Sheherezade(New Work)/Après-midi d’un faune(New Work)/Rhapsody 4/12/2020-01/01/2021 Kylián - Petite Mort/Doux mensonges/Stepping Stones/Sechs Tänze 10/12/2020-02/01/2021 La Bayadere (Nureyev version) 4-27/02/2021 Ohad Naharin - Sadeh 21 9/03-16/04/2021 Angelin Preljocaj Le Parc (instead of new work Le Rouge et le Noir) 29/03-7/05/2021 Roland Petit Notre Dame de Paris 30/05-26/06/2021 Roland Petit - Le Jeune Homme et La Mort/Carmen/Le Rendez-vous 9-30/06/2021 Romeo and Juliet (Nureyev version) Link to comment
miliosr Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 I get that the strikes have had a big impact on the troupe's finances but this programming is kind of ho-hum. The only things that would excite me are the Roland Petit evenings (yea!) and Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody. Surprised that Raymonda isn't coming back given that there was only one performance before the strikes scuttled the rest. And didn't they just do an all-Kylian evening in 2016-17 as a replacement for the originally scheduled Benjamin Millepied/Antony Tudor double bill? Link to comment
silvermash Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 There was a rumour of having Raymonda instead of La Bayadère but perhaps it requires too much soloists just like the Kylian bill at the same time... Kylian is a favorite of POB and Petite Mort and Sechs Tänze are new to the repertoire Link to comment
silvermash Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Paris Opera director Stéphane Lissner has announced he will leave the head of the company at the end of December (he was due to finish the 20-21 season and leave in July 21) and that he has decided to close both Opera houses for renovation work until the end of November (Bastille) and end of December (Garnier) https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/news/stage-renovation-work-at-the-paris-opera-from-july-2020 Link to comment
Helene Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 That sounds like a smart move to me, and I hope other institutions follow suit. Almost every building has a backlog that has to be squished into a short period, usually over the summer, and this gives them half a year. Link to comment
naomikage Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 According to this article (interview with Lissner) https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/06/11/stephane-lissner-l-opera-de-paris-est-a-genoux_6042522_3246.html Ballet Gala, Schechter/Robbins/Pite, Cherkaoui/Eyal/Ashton, Jiri Kylian will be cancelled. La Bayadere is supposed to open at Bastille in December. Link to comment
kbarber Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 21 hours ago, silvermash said: Paris Opera director Stéphane Lissner has announced he will leave the head of the company at the end of December (he was due to finish the 20-21 season and leave in July 21) and that he has decided to close both Opera houses for renovation work until the end of November (Bastille) and end of December (Garnier) https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/news/stage-renovation-work-at-the-paris-opera-from-july-2020 Apparently no one told iincoming director Alexander Neef that this was happening, and he's saying he can't leave the Canadian Opera Company before the originally planned takeover date in July. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/opera/couac-a-l-opera-de-paris-le-futur-directeur-pris-au-depourvu-par-l-annonce-du-depart-anticipe-de-stephane-lissner_4006063.html?fbclid=IwAR2UUinW2fknIJc3BJgW-wd875powT7ayV5oioKwUrIlxujuxOFMRz1zPiQ Link to comment
naomikage Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Paris Opera Ballet will return to Garnier in the fall with classics and creations by renowned choreographers, despite the work taking place there until the end of the year, announced the dance director Aurélie Dupont. https://actu.orange.fr/societe/culture/malgre-les-travaux-le-ballet-de-l-opera-de-retour-a-garnier-a-l-automne-CNT000001rl0A6.html During the renovation work, the dancers will be on the proscenium, that is to say the front stage which will cover the orchestra pit. For the classical, spread over twenty performances from October 2, "there will be essentially solos and pas-de-deux, danced by the stars, the first dancers and the first dancers of the Opera", she indicated. On the contemporary side, from November 5, the corps de ballet will dance 17 representations of four creations by contemporary choreographers like Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet. The Lacotte creation"Le Rouge et le Noir" was postponed "in October-November 2021," said Ms. Dupont, adding that the ballet "Mayerling" which was to enter the repertoire in May was moved to 2022. Link to comment
silvermash Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) According to the French Ministry of Culture Press Release , Alexander Neef will take his functions as soon as ... next week! Edited August 26, 2020 by silvermash Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) It certainly won't be easy for Neef to "retain his responsibilities" with the Canadian Opera Company, since everyone entering Canada must go into quarantine for 14 days. During that period you're not even allowed to venture out onto your front lawn. Edited August 26, 2020 by volcanohunter Link to comment
Helene Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Is COC having any face-to-face meetings or activities that he couldn't do from quarantine? Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 There probably isn't a whole lot of anything going on at COC headquarters right now, but running an opera company in Toronto from an apartment in Paris is a notable example of working remotely. Link to comment
Helene Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 One of the recommendations from the Queen of Spades video on YouTube was for the Stanislavsky production of War and Peace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kweLqgK36K0 There was overlap between the casts: the splendid Polina, Ksenia Dudnikova, sang Hélène , : Sergey Balashov sang Chekalinsky and Kuragin, Denis Makarov sang Surin and Count Ilya Andreevich Rostov, and Veronika Vyatkina sang the Governess and Princess Marya, I think they have a remarkable ensemble, with singing and acting of first-rate quality. It's been a pleasure listening to these. Link to comment
silvermash Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) POB announced 3 new programmes for this fall at The Palais Garnier Etoiles de l'Opéra from 05 to 29 October 2020 Alastair Marriott, John Neumeier, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Martha Graham, Mikhail Fokine, Jerome Robbins with Mathieu Ganio, Laura Hecquet, Stéphane Bullion, Ludmila Pagliero, Hugo Marchand, Hannah O'Neill, Vincent Chaillet, Emilie Cozette, Sae Eun Park Rudolf Nureyev from 06 to 30 October 2020 Nutcracker, Cindarella, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Manfred, Sleeping Beauty with Dorothée Gilbert, Paul Marque, Alice Renavand, Florian Magnenet, Myriam Ould-Braham, Mathias Heymann, Valentine Colasante, Arthus Raveau, Francesco Mura, Amandine Albisson, Audric Bezard, Léonore Baulac,Germain Louvet Contemporary choreographers from 04 to 28 November 2020 creations from Tess Voelker, Damien Jalet, Mehdi Kerkouche and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Edited September 5, 2020 by silvermash Link to comment
miliosr Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 16 hours ago, silvermash said: POB announced 3 new programmes for this fall at The Palais Garnier Etoiles de l'Opéra from 05 to 29 October 2020 Alastair Marriott, John Neumeier, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Martha Graham, Mikhail Fokine, Jerome Robbins with Mathieu Ganio, Laura Hecquet, Stéphane Bullion, Ludmila Pagliero, Hugo Marchand, Hannah O'Neill, Vincent Chaillet, Emilie Cozette, Sae Eun Park Rudolf Nureyev from 06 to 30 October 2020 Nutcracker, Cindarella, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Manfred, Sleeping Beauty with Dorothée Gilbert, Paul Marque, Alice Renavand, Florian Magnenet, Myriam Ould-Braham, Mathias Heymann, Valentine Colasante, Arthus Raveau, Francesco Mura, Amandine Albisson, Audric Bezard, Léonore Baulac,Germain Louvet Hugo Marchand has announced on his Instagram feed that he will me performing Hans van Manen's Trois Gnossiennes with Ludmila Pagliero as well as Jerome Robbins' A Suite of Dances. Germain Louvet has announced on his Instagram feed that he will be performing the Sleeping Beauty pas de deux with Leonore Baulac. Link to comment
silvermash Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 The whole programme is detailed on POB web site if you click on the link I made on the title of the shows with casting and dates. Link to comment
miliosr Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 9/5/2020 at 1:57 AM, silvermash said: Contemporary choreographers from 04 to 28 November 2020 creations from Tess Voelker, Damien Jalet, Mehdi Kerkouche and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui With the President of France announcing a new lockdown today, I imagine this program won't make it to the stage in November. And what of La Bayadere in December? Link to comment
silvermash Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 The last show before "soft" lockdown is tonight and this is "Etoiles". For the moment, the dancers will still be allowed to repeat so it's not a full stop. We'll see but it doesn't look good for Bayadère anyway... Link to comment
naomikage Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 The contemporary program mentioned above will be live streamed on Facebook Live and will be available for 48 hours. https://www.facebook.com/events/814611822715510/ This will be held November 13th 20::00 UTC (Europe time zone) for 4.49 euros. https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/news/the-paris-opera-ballet-performing-live-the-creations-of-sidi-larbi-cherkaoui-tess-voelker-and-mehdi-kerkouche-at-the-garnier-friday-november-13-8pm Link to comment
silvermash Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 4 hours ago, naomikage said: The contemporary program mentioned above will be live streamed on Facebook Live and will be available for 48 hours. https://www.facebook.com/events/814611822715510/ This will be held November 13th 20::00 UTC (Europe time zone) for 4.49 euros. https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/news/the-paris-opera-ballet-performing-live-the-creations-of-sidi-larbi-cherkaoui-tess-voelker-and-mehdi-kerkouche-at-the-garnier-friday-november-13-8pm Brise lames, the Damien Jalet piece, is not included in the broadcast. Link to comment
naomikage Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 8 hours ago, silvermash said: Brise lames, the Damien Jalet piece, is not included in the broadcast. Thank you. And it says it is Available only in France. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Men's round of the promotion competition. Chun-Wing Lam and Jack Gasztowtt promoted to coryphée, Andrea Sarri and Nikolaus Tudorin to sujet. Link to comment
Helene Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Congratulations to the dancers who received promotions . It's always great to see recognition. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 After the women's competition, Inès Mcintosh, Bleuenn Battistoni and Nine Seropian have won promotion to coryphée, and Camille Bon and Clémence Gross to sujet. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Sae Eun Park has been named danseuse étoile following today's performance of Nureyev's Romeo and Juliet. https://www.operadeparis.fr/actualites/sae-eun-park-nommee-danseuse-etoile-du-ballet-de-lopera-national-de-paris Edited June 10, 2021 by volcanohunter Link to comment
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