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Opéra Bastille

Bastille

Carlos Ott's glass-fronted giant delivers world-class opera and ballet with acoustics so precise a soprano once likened it to "singing in a diamond." Nearly 3,000 seats, every one with perfect sightlines.

Modern architecture
World-class acoustics
Opera and ballet

Tips

🎟️under-28? €10 preview tickets available
💶€5 standing room for budget opera nights
⏰arrive 45 min early for security checks

Opéra Bastille

Pl. de la Bastille, 75012 Paris, France

www.operadeparis.fr

Upcoming at Opéra Bastille

Friday, Jun 12
Concerts de musique de chambre

Concerts de musique de chambre

June 12

Musicians from the Opéra national orchestra step out of the pit for intimate chamber concerts in the Amphithéâtre Bastille. Expect classical masterpieces and contemporary works in an elegant setting with excellent acoustics.

Ercole amante

Ercole amante

June 12 at 7pm

Antonia Bembo's 1707 opera makes its European stage premiere, reimagining Hercules as a powerful aging man who cannot accept a woman's refusal. Leonardo García Alarcón conducts, Netia Jones directs.

Monday, Jun 15
La Bayadère

La Bayadère

June 15 at 7:30pm

Nureyev's ultimate ballet brings 32 dancers in white tutus descending in hypnotic unison for the legendary "Act of the Shades." Add a giant elephant, golden idols, and the Paris Opera's étoiles performing at their peak, and you have pure spectacle.

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