Feb/4/2012

OPERA

from the 27/ 1/ 2012 until the 23 / 2/ 2012
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Melodramma in three acts

Rigoletto is an opera in 3 acts by Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It is considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career. Verdi was commissioned to write a new opera by the La Fenice opera house in Venice in 1850, at a time when he was already a well-known composer with a degree of freedom in choosing the works he would prefer to set to music. In Rigoletto the epidemic that erodes the palaces also eats away at hearts and bodies. But the Machiavellian jester conceals a fatal flaw in the depths of his soul: a father's love.

Opera de Paris
Place de la bastille 75012 Paris
Metro: Bastille

from € 5 to 180
08 92 89 90 90
www.operadeparis.fr
from the 15/ 2/ 2012 until the 17 / 2/ 2012
Paul Klee
Master Class

One of the most important parts of Thomas Quasthoff’s work are his much sought-after “Master Courses”. They are designed for singers who are in the advanced stages of their studies. Thomas Quasthoff’s master courses are more demanding, run over several days, but are key to how Thomas is able both to inspire and train the great voices of the future. Thomas Quasthoff trains his students on stage, working with enormous precision and intensity on the technical and interpretational challenges of classical singing. The master courses are generally open to the public – it is advisable to apply well in advance, as there is a huge demand from both potential participants and audience members.

Cité de la musique 221 avenue Jean-Jaures 75019 Paris
Metro : Line 5 : Porte de Pantin
Free Access
+ 33 1 44 84 44 84
http://www.citedelamusique.fr

Grand hotel Palais Royal Opera Paris.
4 star hotel in Paris located beetween the Opera and the Louvre Museum

Hotel ATN Opera Paris
3 star Design hotel, located between the Opera House, Department Stores and St Lazare train station.

Hotel Saint Petersbourg Paris Opera.
3 star hotel located near the Opera House and the Department Stores.

Hotel Louvre Marsollier Opera Paris.
Between the Louvre Museum and the Paris Opera the Hotel Louvre Marsollier Opera offers 28 rooms in a quiet street.

Hotel Champaigne Marais Paris
The "Grand Hotel" of Champaigne, built in 1562, is the symbol of the Old Paris charm and of the French art-de-vivre with a delicate decoration and architecture