Guided tours of the Opéra-Comique theatre

Name: Guided tours of the Opéra-Comique theatre
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique

Do you want to know more about the history of the Opéra-Comique? Would you like to have explanations about the building and its repertoire? Come and discover 3 emblematic spaces...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Open access

©Stefan Brion

Do you want to know more about the history of the Opéra-Comique? Would you like to have explanations about the building and its repertoire? Come and discover 3 emblematic spaces of the theater: the hall, the Favart room and the Public Foyer, in which our guides await you to comment in detail on this little-known place. Duration: 3 explanations of 15mn in free access/ 45mn for the complete course

About the location

Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique

1 place Boieldieu 75002 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

Founded in 1715, the Opéra Comique is one of the oldest cultural institutions in France. His original repertoire combines theatre with lyrical singing and has produced the most widely performed French masterpieces in the world today: Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, Bizet’s Carmen, Delibes' Lakme, Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Manon de Massenet, Pelléas et Mélisande de Debussy… It was inscribed on the list of national theatres in 2005 and placed under the direction of Olivier Mantei since 2015.
Although the repertoire, baroque and creation remain at the heart of its programming, the 2018 season of the Opéra Comique is marked by audacity both in artistic terms and openness to new audiences. My first Opera Festival was born in February, with three shows dedicated to families. An operation that will be renewed in 2019\. La Maîtrise populaire de l'Opéra Comique also became a pillar of the institution, with more than a hundred students in training with timetables arranged from the four