Enter the heart of creation and discover the artists at work!

The Paris National Opera offers Arop members the privilege of observing the work of the artists and the genesis of a production at different times: work sessions, pre-dress rehearsals and dress rehearsals.

La Bohème

Before seeing their names at the top of the bill, how many artists have endured poverty? The writer Henri Murger knew precisely what he was talking about when he wrote his Scènes de la vie de bohème (Scenes of Bohemian Life), the chronicle of a group of young people painting canvases or penning verse in humble garrets whilst awaiting their moment of glory.

But youth, however poor, only lasts for so long: Giacomo Puccini was well aware of this, and adapted Murger’s novel to propose his opera La Bohème, premiered in 1896, a poignant score, brimming with nostalgia. By embellishing the past, he gives all the more value – that of the ephemeral – to the love affair between the poet Rodolphe and the grisette Mimi.

This nostalgia lies at the heart of Claus Guth’s staging, which sets the characters in outer space, all the better to reveal the distance that separates us from our memories.

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Conditions of access to dress rehearsals:

• The presentation of your Arop card is mandatory to collect your ticket at the Arop control on the same evening.

• At the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille, we have "Protocol" seats.

• Seats are assigned by membership level: Founding Patron members (Mécène Fondateurs) have priority over Patron members (Mécènes).

• Seats are assigned by order of booking arrival (first booking, first served) and cannot be guaranteed in case of late registration.

• Seating is free in the reserved areas: we advise you to arrive one hour before the start of the rehearsal.

Download the details of the reservation conditions and the access conditions.