Lohengrin

Wagner at War

September 25, 2023 | By Nick Hammond | Music

The first night of Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s Paris Opera début at the Bastille was destined to be a sensational event. Serebrennikov, who has always been outspoken in his home country over such issues as LGBTQ rights (he is openly … Read More

Tristan und Isolde

Visual and Sonic Glories

January 20, 2023 | By Nick Hammond | Music

The famous Paris Opera production of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde by director Peter Sellars, in collaboration with video artist Bill Viola, makes another welcome return to the Bastille. There is a reason why this production has remained in the … Read More

Funny Girl

Fanny Brice Revisited

November 20, 2019 | By Heidi Ellison | Theater & Dance

Until recently, musical comedies were unheard of in France, but now that the Parisians have taken to them like showgirls to glitter, American musical comedies are popping up all over the place. Americans in Paris will open at the Théâtre … Read More