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| Address | 1 Place de la Comédie 69001 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France |
| Contains | Amphi de l'Opéra Nouvel |
| Google maps | 45° 46' 4.053" N 4° 50' 11.802" E |
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LyonLa Fille de Madame Angot
Lecocq: La Fille de Madame Angot
Karine Locatelli; Richard Brunel; Opéra de Lyon; Benedict Kearns; Bruno de Lavenère; Laurent Castaingt
LyonLe Sacre du printemps / House
Lichtik, Stravinsky
Sharon Eyal; Mats Ek; Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon; Christoph Altstaedt; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon; Maayan Goldman; Alon Cohen
LyonPeer Gynt
Grieg: Peer Gynt
Bassem Akiki; Angélique Clairand; Opéra de Lyon; Anouk Dell'Aiera; Bruno de Lavenère; Laurent Castaingt; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
LyonSaloméNew production
Strauss R.: Salome
Constantin Trinks; Calixto Bieito; Opéra de Lyon; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
LyonLucrèce BorgiaNew production
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Jader Bignamini; Tatjana Gürbaca; Opéra de Lyon; Ariane Matiakh; Marc Weeger; Dinah Ehm; TBC
LyonNuit de maiNew production
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night
Timur Zangiev; Christof Loy; Opéra de Lyon; Guadalupe Holguera; Barbara Drosihn; Benedikt Zehm; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
LyonPanorama
Schoenberg, Berio
Stephen Galloway; Marco Goecke; William Forsythe; Imre van Opstal; Marne van Opstal; Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon; Georges-Elie Octors; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon; Rudy Sabounghi; Luc Schaltin
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The Love for Three Oranges: a signature cocktail at the Opéra de Lyon
Laurent Pelly creates another highly successful production, featuring meticulously choreographed movements and precise staging, all in keeping with Prokofiev’s rich score.
Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon
The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.
All that glitters: Barrie Kosky's Coq d'or opens in Lyon
Its premiere postponed from Festival d'Aix last summer, Barrie Kosky's staging of Rimsky-Korsakov's political satire finally takes place in Lyon.
Seeing double: Bluebeard’s Castle at Opéra de Lyon
A controversial new production of Bluebeard's Castle by Andriy Zholdak in which Bartók's opera is played out twice...
Marton turns Don Giovanni into a wrist-slashing wimp
A disappointing new production by David Marton at Opéra de Lyon.
Darkness and grandeur in Christophe Honoré's Don Carlos
A (nearly) complete performance of the original French version of Don Carlos forms the centrepiece of Daniele Rustioni's Verdi Festival in Lyon.
Macbeth, Thane of Wall Street
In Lyon, Daniele Rustioni drives through a pulsating reading of Macbeth, Ivo van Hove's imaginative setting not always fully backed by the vocal performances.
Joan laid bare and buried: Romeo Castellucci has done with the era of appropriations of the mythical figure
With a new and revolutionary staging by Romeo Castellucci, Lyon Opera presents a radical analysis of a symbolic figure often subject to ideological takeover; Kazushi Ono’s sympathetic direction makes Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel’s work into something sublime while preserving its mysterious spirituality.