Until Sunday, the Tous à l’Opéra operation celebrates opera and dance in twenty-eight cities, with the participation of thirty institutions. Launched in 2007, this meeting opens the doors of the lyrical stages to all audiences and free of charge. Stéphanie d’Oustrac, sponsor of the 16th edition this year, succeeds Nathalie Stutzmann. “I find it a pity that so many people have never entered an opera house. They say it’s not for them, that it’s too expensive…”, notes the mezzo-soprano in an interview. As every year, the event encourages the public to get rid of prejudices and push the doors of institutions in search of new audiences. This season will be themed “Imaginaries in the making”.
The event will be concentrated on the Palais Garnier, which will open its doors on Saturday May 6 to the public. Upon reservation, it will be possible to attend a public bar given by Andrey Klemm, teacher of the Ballet company in the grand foyer.
The Opéra national de Bordeaux devotes Friday to school groups. But on Saturday, a free concert by the ONB choir will give excerpts from Mozart’s Requiem at 1:30 p.m. on the steps of the Grand Théâtre. The public will also be invited to roam freely in the opera house from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., will be able to attend a presentation of costumes and the assembly of the production of Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc.
On Saturday 6, there will be a sale of second-hand sets, costumes and accessories, in partnership with a local recycling center from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the set construction workshop, Plaine de Baud. At the opera itself, three visits will allow you to discover the sets and accessories of L’Élixir d’amour at 2.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.
The Opéra de Marseille will focus its events on Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. A costume display in the Great Hall will begin the festivities at 9 a.m. Visitors can attend freely until 4 p.m., or be accompanied by a guide, upon registration in the hall, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The National School of Dance in Marseille will offer a demonstration of classical and contemporary classes and different variations of repertoire. In the afternoon, the collective (LA) HORDE will organize two participatory workshops around their choreography Room with a view. It will be a question of apprehending dance as a vector of cohesion and collective mobilization, around the question: how to unite together?
In the desire to rediscover the lyrical universe as a place of conviviality, the Opéra de Reims will present a project outside the walls. A public rehearsal of The Magic Flute will be given on Saturday, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the opera. A complete performance will be broadcast live but you will have to wait until May 26 and go to the Parc de la Patte d’Oie. The photographer Jean-Christophe Hanché, for his part, presents his project on the backstage of the opera and the various professions of the performing arts through a route on the Basses Promenades, between the station and the circus.
The dancers of the Ballet Nice Méditerranée will give an open class entitled “Openbarre” on the Promenade des Anglais on Saturday at 4 p.m. A time for discussion will also be offered at the end of the session.