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The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris, IPA: [opeʁa də paʁi] ⓘ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France.
The Palais Garnier and Bastille Opera are accessible to anyone with access needs. Specific and dedicated seats are available in different seating categories and according to need, and for people with guide dogs.
The Palais Garnier (French: [palɛ ɡaʁnje] ⓘ, Garnier Palace), also known as L'Opéra Garnier (French: [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] ⓘ, Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seat [3] opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France.
- History
- Hierarchy
- Small Scandals and The Lost Generation
- Paris Opera Ballet School
- Choreographers
- Dancers
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Naming
The Paris Opera Ballet has always been an integral part of the Paris Opera, which was founded in 1669 as the Académie d'Opéra (Academy of Opera), although theatrical dance did not become an important component of the Paris Opera until 1673, after it was renamed the Académie Royale de Musique (Royal Academy of Music) and placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully.The Paris Opera has had many different official names during its long history, but since 1994, it has been called the Opéra...
Background
The Paris Opera Ballet had its origins in the earlier dance institutions, traditions and practices of the court of Louis XIV. Of particular importance were the series of comédies-ballets created by Molière with, among others, the choreographers and composers Pierre Beauchamps and Jean-Baptiste Lully. The first was Les Fâcheux in 1661 and the most important, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme in 1670. Many of these were also performed by Molière's company at the public Théâtre du Palais-Royalin Paris, w...
Founding and early history
On 28 June 1669, Louis XIV granted a privilege to the poet Pierre Perrin giving him a monopoly to form a separate academy for the performance of opera in French. The first production of the company founded by Perrin, the Académie d'Opéra (Academy of Opera), was Pomone, which was first performed on 3 March 1671 at the Jeu de Paume de la Bouteilleand included ballets choreographed by Anthoine des Brosses. In 1672, Lully purchased Perrin's privilege and also obtained new letters patent limiting...
The hierarchy of the Paris Opera Ballet is very strict. For a dancer, it is virtually compulsory to enter first the Paris Opera Ballet School. As Mathilde Froustey put it: "You cannot get into the company if you have not done the school".The competition for admission to both institutions is extremely fierce, as well as the competition for the highe...
As the Paris Opera Ballet has a large quantity of first-class French dancers, there are hard times for those who have not been promoted to the highest ranks as dancers or have not been appointed afterwards to positions for which they would have been extremely qualified. Mathilde Froustey, Sujet from 2005 till 2013, left the Paris Opera Ballet in Ju...
The Paris Opera Ballet School (French: École de danse de l'Opéra national de Paris) is one of the most preeminent dance schools in the world. It has six classes for boys and girls separately named sixième division to première division. In 1987, the Paris Opera Ballet School moved from the Palais Garnier (where most of the Paris Opera ballets take p...
Choreographers associated with the Paris Opera Ballet and works created for the Paris Opera Ballet are:
There are five ranks of dancers in the Paris Opera Ballet; from highest to lowest they are: Danseur Étoile, premier danseur, sujet, coryphée, and quadrille. Promotions to the higher rank depend on success in the annual competitive examinations, except for danseurs étoileswho are nominated by the Director of the Opera, on a proposal from the Directo...
Notes Sources 1. Astier, Régine (1998a). "Académie Royale de Danse" in Cohen 1998, vol. 1. pp. 3–5. 2. Astier, Régine (1998b). "Beauchamps, Pierre" in Cohen 1998, vol. 1., pp. 396–397. 3. Babsky, Monique (1998). "Aumer, Jean-Louis" in Cohen 1998, vol. 1, pp. 201–203. 4. Christout, Marie-Françoise (1998). "Paris Opera Ballet" in Cohen 1998, vol. 5, ...
Dec 22, 2022 · From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: The Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier or Opéra national de Paris is an opera house situated at the northern end of the avenue de l'Opera, in Paris (France).
Frequented by Edgar Degas and the source for much of his ballet imagery, the Paris Opéra is key to understanding the somewhat perverse culture of voyeurism and spectacle among the prosperous classes of the Second Empire.
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