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

Dans les coulisses des Noces de Figaro

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 

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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 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

"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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Une saison (très) particulière

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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

Patrick Cabouat / Stéphane Landowski

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

La Traversée

Le dernier jour

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

OPERAPPRENTIS

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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

Tatiana Mladenovitch

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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Graines d'étoiles, saison 1 - Épisode 1 : La rentrée (FR)

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

Episode 1 - The New School Year

Budding stars, season 1 - ep. 1

As the daily practice of hard work is becoming part of life at the school, with the pupils rehearsing the same movements over and over again to gain suppleness, another practice is underway: finding the personalities of the pupils.The younger ones are introduced to expression work via three subjects: mime, corporal expression and folklore. For the older pupils, this work continues with "character dance".This second film will track the quest for movement and what it expresses, in the search for the creative resources each dancer possesses.How do the pupils gradually gain the autonomy they need to make their dream come true? We can measure how far they have come by looking at how the older pupils' behaviour differs from that of the younger pupils. 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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Graines d'étoiles, saison 1 - Épisode 2 : Au travail (FR)

Budding stars, season 1 - Episode 2: To work

As the daily practice of hard work is becoming part of life at the school, with the pupils rehearsing the same movements over and over again to gain suppleness, another practice is underway: finding the personalities of the pupils. The younger ones a

Episode 2 - To work

Budding stars, season 1 - ep. 2

The dance school requires the pupils to have a good level in subjects right across the board, whether in dance, maths or French. Dance classes take part in the afternoons and mornings are set aside for schooling. The pupils follow a general curriculum that will take them through to the Baccalaureate, in which the school can be proud of its 100% pass rate.The timetable also includes other activities, such as visits to the school nurse and physiotherapist, learning about nutrition, and receiving support from the school head.The pupils seek comfort, help and care from these resource workers. This chapter will look at what we can learn about the birth of a dancer, via the interwoven perspectives of those who accompany them and via small events or incidents that are part of the school year.  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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Graines d'Étoiles, saison 1 - ép. 3

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Graines d'étoiles, saison 1 - Épisode 3 : Les progrès (FR)

Budding stars, season 1 - Episode 3: Progress

The dance school requires the pupils to have a good level in subjects right across the board, whether in dance, maths or French. Dance classes take part in the afternoons and mornings are set aside for schooling. The pupils follow a general curriculu

Episode 3 - Progress

Budding stars, season 1 - ep. 3

Two events, in association with the Opéra de Paris, mark life at the dance school. The first, the "Dance School Demonstrations" takes place in December. In these demonstrations, dance lessons are given exactly as they take place at the school, except these are in public and on stage at the Palais Garnier.The event, which includes three performances, is highly popular among a "specialist" audience of dance professionals and pupils from many dance courses. It is also a highlight for the pupils' families. This makes it an all-important event in the life of the school, as it opens up its cocoon for a day.The younger pupils will take their maiden steps on a stage steeped in legend. For the older pupils, it is the opportunity to become familiar with the feeling of being evaluated and being compared to each other. They experience both the pleasure and pride of being part of a family as well as the desire to stand out from that family. These are the basics of working within a corps de ballet.  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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Graines d'étoiles, saison 1 - Épisode 4 : Un monde à part (FR)

Budding stars, season 1 - Episode 4: A World Apart

Two events, in association with the Opéra de Paris, mark life at the dance school. The first, the "Dance School Demonstrations" takes place in December. In these demonstrations, dance lessons are given exactly as they take place at the school, except

Episode 4 - A World Apart

Budding stars, season 1 - ep. 4

Violette Verdy, the French ballerina and one of the most famous dancers at the New York City Ballet run by George Balanchine, will lead the pupils of the school's 2nd and 3rd division this year, as they dance to a piece by Johannes Brahms, Variations on a Theme of Paganini. Verdy created the original choreography for the piece while she was director of dance at the Opera de Paris.This film provides the opportunity to look into what differentiates the genres in the classical approach to dance, via the technical performances that are expected of the girls and boys. The online availability of numerous extracts of choreographies, interviews with dancers, and ballet recordings modifies the expectations of the trainee dancers. Whilst providing them with all sorts of technical and artistic information, the variety of issues this material raises strengthens the special relationship between master and pupil.Violette Verdy's choreography, which will feature in the school's end-of-year performance, will be danced at the Palais Garnier in April, and will constitute a highpoint in the life of the young dancers. 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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Graines d'Étoiles, saison 1 - ép. 5

BUDDING STARS

Graines d'étoiles, saison 1 - Épisode 5 : En scène (FR)

Budding stars, season 1 - Episode 5: On stage

Violette Verdy, the French ballerina and one of the most famous dancers at the New York City Ballet run by George Balanchine, will lead the pupils of the school's 2nd and 3rd division this year, as they dance to a piece by Johannes Brahms, Variations

Episode 5 - On stage

The pupils of the 1st division will spend their last year at the school before the final exam that will determine their entry into professional life. By now, they have acquired a maturity and a way of thinking that should have made artists of them.This sixth chapter will also come full circle by critically highlighting the questions and professions of faith revealed by the pupils six years their junior, in the first film. 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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Graines d'étoiles, saison 1 - Épisode 6 : Le temps des épreuves (FR)

Budding stars, season 1 - Episode 6: Exam time

The pupils of the 1st division will spend their last year at the school before the final exam that will determine their entry into professional life. By now, they have acquired a maturity and a way of thinking that should have made artists of them.  

Episode 6 - Exam time

Budding stars, season 1 - ep. 6

The rehearsals of one of the greatest classical ballets of all times – Swan Lake – with choreography by Rudolf Nureyev are starting. Before even thinking about dancing solo, young dancers need to merge into a broader movement moving in the same breath. Most of them are only substitutes for now. We will reconnect with Roxane, Alice, Julien, Chun Wing, Ida, Eugénie, Margherita and Alexandre… All of whom will recall their journey and their transformations since their entry into the ballet corps – as well as their reflections upon the universe of classical dancing.They question the image of women in Swan Lake. This image of desirable naivety and her submission to men's desire are unambiguous. Broad-shouldered, protective men and supple, slender women complete this picture of 19th century gender roles... This ballet remains a staple for all who start in classical dance, like Chun Wing who – as a child in Hong-Kong – used to have all the DVD versions that his father could find. His family is seeing him for the first time on the Palais Garnier stage. 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 Région Île-de-France, the PROCIREP - Société des Producteurs and of the ANGOADirector: Françoise Marie © SCHUCH Productions – ARTE France – Opéra national de Paris – 2018

Graines d'Étoiles, saison 2 - Épisode 1 :  Danser classique

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Graines d'étoiles, saison 2 - Épisode 1 : Danser classique

Budding stars, season 2 - Episode 1: Classical Dancing

The rehearsals of one of the greatest classical ballets of all times – Swan Lake – with choreography by Rudolf Nureyev are starting. Before even thinking about dancing solo, young dancers need to merge into a broader movement moving in the same breat