Paris – Seen and Heard International

Benjamin Bernheim blazes as Werther at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris

31/03/2025 by Rick Perdian

France Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Les Siècles / Marc Leroy-Calatayud (conductor).Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 28.3.2025. (RP)

Marina Viotti (Charlotte) and Benjamin Bernheim (Werther) © Vincent Pontet

Paris Opera Ballet reveal the embarrassment of riches in Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty

18/03/202510/03/2025 by John O'Dwyer

France Rudolf Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of Paris National Opera / Vello Pähn (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 8.3.2025. (JO’D)

*The Sleeping Beauty* Act II: Fanny Gorse (The Lilac Fairy) and Guillaume Diop (Prince Désiré) © Agathe Poupeney/OnP

Cranko’s choreographic language in his Paris Onegin makes each of the characters vivid

12/02/2025 by John O'Dwyer

France John Cranko’s Onegin: Dancers of Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Vello Pähn (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 8.2.2025. (JO’D)

Léonore Baulac (Olga) © Julian Benhamou/OnP

A strong cast for the revival of The Rake’s Progress in Paris

05/01/202504/12/2024 by Mark Berry

France Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 30.11.2024. (MB)

Paris Opéra’s *The Rake’s Progress* © Guergana Damianova / OnP

Fascinating, energising evening from Aziz Shokhakimov and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

29/11/2024 by Colin Clarke

France Khachaturian, Prokofiev: Nemanja Radulović (violin), Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor). Philharmonie de Paris, France, 26.11.2024. (CC)

Programmed with Inger’s frenetic Impasse, it is Forsythe’s Blake Works 1 which has the Paris audience sighing

26/10/202407/10/2024 by John O'Dwyer

France William Forsythe/Johan Inger: Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris, 4.10.2024. (JO’D)

Germain Louvet and Hohyun Kang in *Blake Works 1* © Ann Ray/OnP

Fabulous start to Insula’s season with Chopin and Robert Schumann from Debargue and Equilbey in Paris

26/10/202426/09/2024 by Colin Clarke

France Chopin, R. Schumann: Lucas Debargue (piano), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, La Seine Musicale, Paris, 24.9.2024. (CC)

Laurence Equilbey conducts pianist Lucas Debargue and the Insula Orchestra © Julien Benhamou

In Paris: Nureyev’s Don Quixote is a true celebration of dance without the slightest false step

04/04/202404/04/2024 by Jim Pritchard

France Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 2.4.2024. (JPr)

Paul Marque (Basilio) and Sae Eun Park (Kitri)

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