"Gérard Mortier has set himself a mission: he wants to save opera" - Peter Sellars, 1991 On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his passing, delve into the vision of Gerard Mortier, General Director of the Paris Opera from 2004 to 2009, with this documentary recounting his journey.A decade in Brussels, a second in Salzburg, Gerard Mortier has made his name. Public enemy no. 1 for the defenders of a certain operatic tradition, he is an unavoidable reference for the modernity of musical theatre.Gerard Mortier expresses himself through his choices. His approach: to push the "opera" genre to its limits. By making it "explode" (Mussbach, Neuenfels), or on the contrary, by giving it an extremely refined form (Chéreau, the Herrmanns).What should we retain, preserve and pass on from a work of art? Its ideas or its letter? Should we respect the latter to the point of conservatism, or hammer away at the former at the risk of tearing it apart? The history of Western culture, with its repertoire of masterpieces, has been grappling with this question for a century. And opera perhaps more than any other.One thing is certain: the productions launched by Gerard Mortier are conceived in a different way, according to a different approach: beyond being an art form for entertainment, Gerard Mortier wanted to give them a meaning. He defended a humanist idea of opera, which resonates with the approach of the founders of the Salzburg Festival. He wanted to evangelise his audience, get them to think, transform them. There is a 'seriousness' to his approach. Gerard Mortier speaks of "opera theatre".The film shows how Gerard Mortier's ideas are put into practice in his productions, and how this can lead to success or failure. Putting the work carried out over 10 years in Brussels into perspective enables us to understand the evolution of such a contradictory vision. But beyond the seductive rhetoric, what is the price of such an approach: its cost and its political stakes? Is it possible to accept the contradictions of this approach, between the bold and the refined? A coproduction Arte - RTBF (Belgian television) and Bel Air Media - 2001 Director: Andy Sommer

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Gerard Mortier: Vocation? Opera!

"Gérard Mortier has set himself a mission: he wants to save opera" - Peter Sellars, 1991On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his passing, delve into the vision of Gerard Mortier, General Director of the Paris Opera from 2004 to 2009, with this

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The Paris Opera in French Guiana is a territorial cultural cooperation program launched in November 2022, aiming to make the Paris Opera's missions accessible to all Guyanese people. This documentary series retraces the creation of this program, from the inaugural show in Cayenne to the dance workshops led by the Paris Opera artists in partnership with various collaborators in Cayenne, Kourou, and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. Episode 1 – The Arrival In November 2022, the Paris Opera in French Guiana was inaugurated with a dance performance featuring Étoile and corps de ballet dancers at the Trois Fleuves hall in Cayenne. Episode 2 – The Encounter Following the performance, the first classical dance workshops begin with Étoile dancers Stéphane Bullion and Muriel Zusperreguy, along with contemporary dance workshops with dancers Takeru Coste and Marion Gautier de Charnacé. Episode 3 – Everyone's a Dancer From Cayenne to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, passing through Kourou, the Ballet company's dancers meet students with diverse stories and backgrounds who share a common passion: dance! Episode 4 – En voix For the first time, Paris Opera Etoiles, dancers and opera singers will be gathering on the Three Rivers stage in Cayenne. "The Paris Opera in French Guiana" continues with opera vocal workshops at the Conservatoire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre in French Guiana for those who wish to discover their voice. A production by the Paris Opera Academy Direction: Jules Bonnel, José Ramirez Romero Opéra national de Paris - 2023 Picture: Frédéric Stucin / OnP

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The Paris Opera in French Guiana is a territorial cultural cooperation program launched in November 2022, aiming to make the Paris Opera's missions accessible to all Guyanese people. This documentary series retraces the creation of this program, from

Episode 1 – The arrival

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Episode 2 – The Encounter

The Paris Opera in French Guiana is a territorial cultural cooperation program launched in November 2022, aiming to make the Paris Opera's missions accessible to all Guyanese people. This documentary series retraces the creation of this program, from the inaugural show in Cayenne to the dance workshops led by the Paris Opera artists in partnership with various collaborators in Cayenne, Kourou, and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. Episode 1 – The Arrival In November 2022, the Paris Opera in French Guiana was inaugurated with a dance performance featuring Étoile and corps de ballet dancers at the Trois Fleuves hall in Cayenne. Episode 2 – The Encounter Following the performance, the first classical dance workshops begin with Étoile dancers Stéphane Bullion and Muriel Zusperreguy, along with contemporary dance workshops with dancers Takeru Coste and Marion Gautier de Charnacé. Episode 3 – Everyone's a Dancer (available in February 2024) From Cayenne to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, passing through Kourou, the Ballet company's dancers meet students with diverse stories and backgrounds who share a common passion: dance! Episode 4 – En voix For the first time, Paris Opera Etoiles, dancers and opera singers will be gathering on the Three Rivers stage in Cayenne. "The Paris Opera in French Guiana" continues with opera vocal workshops at the Conservatoire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre in French Guiana for those who wish to discover their voice. A production by the Paris Opera Academy Direction: Jules Bonnel, José Ramirez Romero Opéra national de Paris - 2023 Picture: Frédéric Stucin / OnP

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Episode 3 – Everyone's a Dancer

The Paris Opera in French Guiana is a territorial cultural cooperation program launched in November 2022, aiming to make the Paris Opera's missions accessible to all Guyanese people. This documentary series retraces the creation of this program, from the inaugural show in Cayenne to the dance workshops led by the Paris Opera artists in partnership with various collaborators in Cayenne, Kourou, and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. Episode 4 – En voix For the first time, Paris Opera Etoiles, dancers and opera singers will be gathering on the Three Rivers stage in Cayenne. "The Paris Opera in French Guiana" continues with opera vocal workshops at the Conservatoire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre in French Guiana for those who wish to discover their voice. Episode 3 – Everyone's a Dancer From Cayenne to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, passing through Kourou, the Ballet company's dancers meet students with diverse stories and backgrounds who share a common passion: dance! Episode 2 – The Encounter Following the performance, the first classical dance workshops begin with Étoile dancers Stéphane Bullion and Muriel Zusperreguy, along with contemporary dance workshops with dancers Takeru Coste and Marion Gautier de Charnacé. Episode 1 – The Arrival In November 2022, the Paris Opera in French Guiana was inaugurated with a dance performance featuring Étoile and corps de ballet dancers at the Trois Fleuves hall in Cayenne. A production by the Paris Opera Academy Direction: Jules Bonnel, José Ramirez Romero Opéra national de Paris - 2023 Picture: Frédéric Stucin / OnP

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Invited to the Paris Opera for the first time, director Netia Jones staged a new production of Le nozze di Figaro in 2022, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. A documentary, filmed backstage at the Palais Garnier, looks back at the highlights of this new production, from the first presentation of the model, to the work in the costume, painting and tapestry workshops at the Opéra Bastille; from the first rehearsals with the Orchestra, soloists and chorus artists to the first performance at the Palais Garnier.The Paris Opera Orchestra and ChorusWith the support of the Orange Foundation, patron of the Paris Opera's audiovisual broadcasts, and the Cercle audiovisuel et numérique.Director: Adrien Pauchet © Opéra national de Paris – 2023

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Behind the Scenes of Le nozze di Figaro

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Invited to the Paris Opera for the first time, director Netia Jones staged a new production of Le nozze di Figaro in 2022, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.  A documentary, filmed backstage at the Palais Garnier, looks back at the highlights of this new 

For their first invitation to create a piece for the Paris Opera Ballet's dancers, choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber first stopped by at the Orsolina28 Art Foundation in Italy.Then, they began rehearsals at the Opéra Bastille with the Ballet's dancers. A dialogue is established between the highly personal universe and the material the choreographers supply and the improvisations from the Company's dancers.Petteri Iivonen, first violin with the Paris Opera Orchestra, also talks about Sibelius' score and how special it is being on stage during performances, so close to the dancers.   The Paris Opera Corps de Ballet and the Paris Opera OrchestraDirector: Tommy Pascal © Opéra national de Paris

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Pit, the birth of a creation

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For their first invitation to create a piece for the Paris Opera Ballet's dancers, choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber first stopped by at the Orsolina28 Art Foundation in Italy. Then, they began rehearsals at the Opéra Bastille with the

Tommy Pascal

Pit, the film of the production

"You live as long as you dance! And as long as you live, dance!" would say Nureyev to his dancers. They rehearse, tirelessly, from evening to morning, one of the most beautiful ballets there is: La Bayadère. Our film follows the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet who were able to rehearse again during the lockdown in 2020.Jewel from the Paris Opera repertoire, La Bayadère is a mega-production with flamboyant sets and costumes that brings together on stage nearly 90 dancers of the company. Considered, along with Swan Lake, as one of Rudolf Nureyev's masterpieces, it is also one of the most technical and difficult ballets ever. An unmatched challenge for the dancers after long weeks of interruption and which testifies to the vital energy of dance. The Étoiles, the Premiers Danseurs and the Paris Opera Corps de BalletA coproduction Ex Nihilo, Opéra national de Paris and the Fondation Rudolf Noureev With the participation of France Télévisions, and of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée. Director: Priscilla Pizzato© Ex Nihilo – Opéra national de Paris – Fondation Rudolf Noureev - 2021

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"You live as long as you dance! And as long as you live, dance!" would say Nureyev to his dancers. They rehearse, tirelessly, from evening to morning, one of the most beautiful ballets there is: La Bayadère. Our film follows the dancers of the Paris 

Priscilla Pizzato

The Paris Opera, a (very) special season

A very interesting documentary, as seriously informed as it is charmingly entertaining. - Le Monde Famous for its ghost, the Garnier Opera of Paris is above all the product of a titanic building site and the symbol of the birth of a new era. From 1852 to 1870, eighteen years of flamboyance made Paris the capital of modernity.This 90-minute documentary aims to tell the story of the great Paris construction of the Garnier Opera House, which lasted 14 years (from 1861 to 1875). While plunging into the backstage, its wheels and its legends, it will explain the special place it occupied in what Nietzsche called the "civilization of opera", the golden age of the bourgeoisie based on the appearance and the spectacular, which was then put in place. By the admission of Charles Garnier, the Opera as a whole was to serve as stage for the new elite of the time. From the story of its construction and architectural details, we will open windows on historical, social, political and artistic themes that will be treated to the image by paintings, period photos, film clips, animations in 3D and historical evocations (fiction). We will also call on specialized speakers on these different themes. Interviewed in studio and in situ, they will guide us, step by step, in this building still alive and full of anecdotes. Throughout the story, we will also follow the myth of the ghost, invented from scratch by the novelist Gaston Leroux, and so well integrated into the monument that it remains today THE symbol and an important key to understanding. Finally, music and ballet will be present in this film, in the form of musical excerpts and lyrical performances. A coproduction Bel Air Media, Full Dawa Production, ARTE France and Opéra national de Paris With the participation of Planète +, TV5 Monde, RTBF With the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée. Director: Patrick Cabouat / Co-written with Stéphane Landowski© Arte France - Bel Air Media – Full Dawa Production - Opéra national de Paris - 2020

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A very interesting documentary, as seriously informed as it is charmingly entertaining. - Le MondeFamous for its ghost, the Garnier Opera of Paris is above all the product of a titanic building site and the symbol of the birth of a new era. From 1852

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Building the Paris Opera

At the end of November
2020, Philippe Jordan conducted The Ring of the Nibelung at the Opéra Bastille
and the Auditorium of Radio France, with the Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Recorded by France Musique for broadcast as of December 26th, this cycle was
initially intended to be a staged version. Despite all the difficulties caused
by the health crisis and the closure of theatres, the unfailing commitment and
mutual determination of one and all brought the project to a successful
conclusion. A look back over the Ring 2020 adventure at the Paris Opera.

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The Ring Odyssey

At the end of November
2020, Philippe Jordan conducted The Ring of the Nibelung at the Opéra Bastille
and the Auditorium of Radio France, with the Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Recorded by France Musique for broadcast as of December 26th, this

Jérémie Cuvillier

Le réalisateur Jean-Baptiste Warluzel a suivi pendant trois saisons les élèves des Classes Danse et Petits Violons du programme Dix Mois d’École et d’Opéra, du premier jour dans leur parcours de découverte de l’Opéra de Paris au dernier jour, celui de leur spectacle La Traversée créé par le metteur en scène Pascal Neyron. Réalisateur : Jean-Baptiste Warluzel Production : Académie de l’Opéra national de ParisPicture: © Studio j'adore ce que vous faites ! / OnP

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Le réalisateur Jean-Baptiste Warluzel a suivi pendant trois saisons les élèves des Classes Danse et Petits Violons du programme Dix Mois d’École et d’Opéra, du premier jour dans leur parcours de découverte de l’Opéra de Paris au dernier jour, celui d

Dix Mois d’École et d’Opéra

OpérApprentis is a project of the Artistic and Cultural Education (EAC) implemented by the Paris Opera Academy in partnership with the region Île de France. Singers, stage directors, dancers, choreographers and musicians are organizing workshops in the Centres de Formations Apprentis (CFA, centre for apprentice formation) participating in the programme. Cyril Leuthy's film comes back on the first year of OpérApprentis.Picture: © Clara Miquel / OnP

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OpérApprentis is a project of the Artistic and Cultural Education (EAC) implemented by the Paris Opera Academy in partnership with the region Île de France. Singers, stage directors, dancers, choreographers and musicians are organizing workshops in t

Cyril Leuthy

OpérApprentis 20/21 follows the path of young adults in apprenticeship discovering the Paris Opera. They are pastry chefs, sellers, dressmakers, mechanics, mirrors, painters or jewellers.For his second film on OpérApprentis, the director Cyril Leuthy highlights the words and experience of each of them. This film reflects the impact of this arts and cultural education programme on their professional training. Picture: © Cyril Leuthy / OnP

OpérApprentis 20/21

OpérApprentis 20/21 follows the path of young adults in apprenticeship discovering the Paris Opera. They are pastry chefs, sellers, dressmakers, mechanics, mirrors, painters or jewellers. For his second film on OpérApprentis, the director Cyril Leuth

Following O U I #1, Régine Chopinot is invited to stay in residence at the Academy with O U I #2. Continuing their partnership with Aurore and Habitat & Humanisme, these O U I choreographic experimental workshops are welcoming people in exile, people learning French and persons in precarious situations. Through dance, and putting words into motion, this project aims to offer the tools to a personal, human and social development.Enhancing movement and oral speech, it encourages corporal and language awareness, underlying the fact that language is the common thread of a society and the expression of one’s uniqueness. Understanding the bodies, naming them to find a new unity, naming the space to feel we belong to the heart of it.After this complicated season, the workshops are back to the Amphithéâtre for a new week of creation and filming – the occasion for film director Jean-Baptiste Warluze to create his new musical clip “Le Clap du Clip” and a documentary, O U I #2 . Picture: © Studio J’adore ce que vous faites ! / OnP

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O U I #2

Following O U I #1, Régine Chopinot is invited to stay in residence at the Academy with O U I #2. Continuing their partnership with Aurore and Habitat & Humanisme, these O U I choreographic experimental workshops are welcoming people in exile, people

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Avec De la beauté, Jean-Baptiste Warluzel retrace les 3 années du programme O U I, son évolution et son impact sur les participants.

Résidence de la chorégraphe Régine Chopinot à l’Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris, O U I s’adresse à des résidents de centres d’hébergement d’habitat et Humanisme et Aurore.Pendant trois saisons, les participants suivent une série d’ateliers de pratique chorégraphique alliant la danse et l’oralité. Le mouvement lié à la parole est une manière d’apprivoiser le corps et l’espace, de les nommer, de s’y sentir au cœur.Le 12 mars 2022, l’ensemble des participants se sont retrouvés sur la scène de l’Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen de l’Opéra Bastille pour clore cette aventure humaine et artistique par un spectacle. Production : Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris

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De la beauté

Avec De la beauté, Jean-Baptiste Warluzel retrace les 3 années du programme O U I, son évolution et son impact sur les participants. 

Résidence de la chorégraphe Régine Chopinot à l’Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris, O U I s’adresse à des rési

Jean-Baptiste Warluzel

O U I #3 De la beauté

The beginning of the future dancers' school year is an intense experience as it crystallises their early commitment to adult life. How do the younger pupils (9 to 12 years) experience it, and how do the older pupils (15 to 18 years) prepare for it?On what inner strengths and convictions do the pupils base their decisions? What forms do their desires take? What do they draw on, and with what tools do they equip themselves, to deal with being far from their families? And how do they stay in contact with them? (there is a Korean pupil, a Chinese pupil, Italian pupils, pupils from the French provinces and they all use Skype) How do the teachers introduce the pupils to the new school year? What memories do the teachers have of their own new school years, and what do they bear in mind when addressing their new pupils? Behind the vast array of preparatory activities for the beginning of the school year, the extent of expectations at the school becomes implicit.This first film will recount the "climbing on board", influenced here and there by the memories of new school years experienced 30 years earlier by those accompanying the pupils as they join the dance. A coproduction ARTE France, SCHUCH Productions, the Paris Opera and NHK With the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée, the PROCIREP - Société des Producteurs and of the ANGOADirector: Françoise Marie © SCHUCH Productions – ARTE France – Opéra national de Paris – 2012

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Budding stars, season 1 - Episode 1: The New School Year

The beginning of the future dancers' school year is an intense experience as it crystallises their early commitment to adult life. How do the younger pupils (9 to 12 years) experience it, and how do the older pupils (15 to 18 years) prepare for it? O