"Opéra national de Paris" redirects here. For the company founded in 1847 by Adolphe Adam, see Opéra-National. For another opera company residing in Paris, see Opéra-Comique.
Paris Opera
Opéra national de Paris
Logo of the Paris Opera
Palais Garnier
Type
Opera and ballet company
Location
Paris, France
Website
operadeparis.fr
The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris, IPA:[opeʁadəpaʁi]ⓘ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra, and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the Académie Royale de Musique, but continued to be known more simply as the Opéra. Classical ballet as it is known today arose within the Paris Opera as the Paris Opera Ballet and has remained an integral and important part of the company. Currently called the Opéra national de Paris, it mainly produces operas at its modern 2,723-seat theatre Opéra Bastille which opened in 1989, and ballets and some classical operas at the older 1,979-seat Palais Garnier which opened in 1875. Small scale and contemporary works are also staged in the 500-seat Amphitheatre under the Opéra Bastille.
The company's annual budget is in the order of 200 million euros, of which €100M come from the French state and €70M from box office receipts.[1] With this money, the company runs the two houses and supports a large permanent staff, which includes the orchestra of 170, a chorus of 110 and the corps de ballet of 150.[2]
Each year, the Paris Opera presents about 380 performances of opera, ballet and other concerts, to a total audience of about 800,000 people (of whom 17% come from abroad), with an average seat occupancy rate of 94%.[2] In the 2012–2013 season, the Paris Opera presented 18 opera titles (two in a double bill), 13 ballets, 5 symphonic concerts and two vocal recitals, plus 15 other programmes. The company's training bodies are also active, with 7 concerts from the Atelier Lyrique and 4 programmes from the École de Danse.[3]
^"Bernard Stirn – Président du Conseil d'Administration de l'Opéra de Paris", interview by Édouard Brane with the President of the Board of the Opéra, Bernard Stirn [fr], 8 April 2011 (in French)
^ abCompany profile, Tous à l'Opéra 2012 press release Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine pp. 52, 53 (in French)
^Opéra national de Paris website, 2012–2013 season presentation Archived 8 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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