Opera
OperaThe Romans knew acoustics. Two millennia later, their theatre in Orange still hosts world-class opera without a single microphone, its 37-meter stage wall delivering perfect sound to 9,000 seats under Provençal summer skies.
UNESCO Roman theatre
Opera under the stars
1869 classical festival
Monumental stage wall
Tips
🏛️"one of the best preserved Roman Theaters in Europe"
👂whisper from the orchestra floor, hear it in the top row
🎨check the museum for Augustus' original head fragment
Wednesday, July 1
Chorégies d’Orange
July 1 at 12am
+59OperaOperaThe Romans knew acoustics. Two millennia later, their theatre in Orange still hosts world-class opera without a single microphone, its 37-meter stage wall delivering perfect sound to 9,000 seats under Provençal summer skies.
UNESCO Roman theatre
Opera under the stars
1869 classical festival
Monumental stage wall
Tips
🏛️"one of the best preserved Roman Theaters in Europe"
👂whisper from the orchestra floor, hear it in the top row
🎨check the museum for Augustus' original head fragment
Wednesday, July 1
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