Cultural event — Rehearsal
DRESS REHEARSAL: The Exterminating Angel
24 Feb. 2024
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- Opéra Bastille
Enter the heart of the 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 rehearsal and dress rehearsal. The dress rehearsal is the last rehearsal before the first performance.
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
After last season’s The Dante Project, the Paris Opera continues to explore the music of contemporary composer Thomas Adès with the French premiere of The Exterminating Angel. Inspired by Luis Buñuel’s 1962 surrealist film, which offered a scathing critique of the bourgeoisie, the work begins with a dinner among upper-class friends in a plush mansion after an opera performance. But, gradually, a mysterious force prevents the fifteen guests from leaving the reception. In this confinement for no apparent reason, drawn out over several days, the veneer of propriety cracks, revealing the worst of human nature. Thomas Adès has written a rich and tense score, amplifying the libretto’s strange atmosphere with unusual instruments such as the ondes Martenot. The Paris Opera has entrusted the staging of this huis-clos to Calixto Bieito. The director has long been fascinated by Buñuel’s universe.
Conditions of access to dress rehearsal:
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.
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The Exterminating Angel (saison 23/24) - Acte 2 - A. Roth Costanzo (Francesco de Avilà), Tutti
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[EXTRAIT] THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL by Thomas Adès
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[EXTRAIT] THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL by Thomas Adès
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[EXTRAIT] THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL by Thomas Adès
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[TEASER] THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL by Thomas Adès
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