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Matinée "Rêve d'enfants" - Paquita
Opéra Bastille
14h30
Dress Festive attire
For thirty-nine years, a family event has been organised to coincide with a performance of the great classical ballet at Christmas!
The Opéra is decorated for the children, and a brunch* is available on reservation before the performance.
Proceeds from the matinee will be used to invite six hundred children from social centres and care homes to the event, as well as supporting the Orchestra Apprenticeship programme (ADO) run by the Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris.
This edition will pay tribute to the choreographer Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023.
*Buffet reception, but some seating available.
About the ballet
“When I recreate a ballet, I search for the fragrance of the period”, said dancer and choreographer Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023. In Paquita, that perfume is the heady scent of Spain, mixed with elegant French fragrances.
Paquita
Paquita - Pierre Lacotte
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Music
Édouard Deldevez
(1817-1897) -
Music
Ludwig Minkus
(1826-1917) -
ConductorMikhail Agrest
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Choreography
Pierre Lacotte
after Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa -
Libretto
Paul Foucher
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Libretto
Joseph Mazilier
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Set design and Costume design
Luisa Spinatelli
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Lighting design
Nicolas Fischtel
Cast
Bourdon
Paquita
Quer
Lucien d'Hervilly
Gasztowtt
Iñigo
Catonnet
Dona Serafina
Maryianowski
Le Comte d'Hervilly
Labrot
Don Lopez de Mendoza
Gandolfi
La Comtesse
Bon
Pas de trois F.
Drouy
Lelli
Pas de trois H.
With the Paris Opera Étoiles, Premières Danseuses, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet
With the participation of students from the Paris Opera Ballet School
The Paris Opera Orchestra
