Enter the heart of creation and surprise the artists in action

The Paris Opera offers Arop members the privilege of being able to observe the work of the artists and the development of a production at different moments: during work sessions, pre-dress rehearsals and dress rehearsals. The dress rehearsal is the last rehearsal before the first performance of a show.

LEAR

Numerous composers have sought to come to grips with this monument of Shakespearian tragedy. Keen to perform the title role of King Lear, the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau turned to Aribert Reimann who initially declined the proposition. However, in 1975, when Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper approached him, he finally agreed to take up the challenge of this impossible opera. From the sombre orchestral timbres and the highly nuanced vocal lines emerge all the tortuous dissimulations and violence of human relationships. No illusions remain, however, in Calixto Bieito’s cathartic production in which each of the characters is stripped bare: collective hysteria gives way to an old man’s solitude. Destroyed, like a new-born babe, he weeps to find “that we are come to this great stage of fools.”

General access conditions:

The presentation of your Arop card is obligatory to collect your Arop control ticket the same evening.

We have "Protocol" seats at the Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille.

The seats are provided based on the level of membership: Patron members have priority over Benefactor members.

The seats are provided on the first come first served basis and cannot be guaranteed in case of late registration.

The seating is free in the reserved areas; we recommend that you arrive one hour before the start of the rehearsal.

Download the details of booking conditions and access conditions.