The “Star Ac'” of the Paris Opera

2023-04-29 17:00:00

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Each year, the Opera trains around thirty singers and musicians in its “Academy”. These young talents will be on stage at the Athénée on April 29.

By Baudouin Eschapasse

The Paris Opera Academy trains around thirty lyrical artists each year.
© Vincent Lappartient

Published on 04/29/2023 at 5:00 p.m.

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Lhe room looks like a huge bunker, buried six stories below the level of rue de Lyon… in Paris! The place is frankly nothing laughing. A large concrete cube without a window, the Massenet studio is hosting rehearsals for future shows at the Opéra Bastille. Despite its Spartan side, a few seconds are enough to transfigure this vast bare space into a charming setting: the time of three bars of Rossini. In this mid-April, it is indeed at this place that the first “spinning” of a little lyrical jewel is given, The silk stair (“The Silk Ladder”), directed by Pascal Neyron.

The general public will be able to discover this delicious comic farce from April 29* at the Théâtre de l’Athénée. This comic opera recounts the misadventures of a loving couple (Dorvil and Giulia) against…