67 years old. It is the too young age at which director Nicolas Joel, former director of the Paris Opera, has just left us company. We will not forget the day of the announcement of his appointment in Paris, three years before his entry into service scheduled for 2009: the consecration for this crazy opera artist without fault. And then, a year before taking office, the stroke of fate: a stroke leaves him hemiplegic. It takes more to make him back off: " I limp, and then? You can live very well without using your left arm, that doesn't prevent me from being director of the Opera, ”he told us. His task will not be easy - it is not already easy for a director at the height of his physical form! - it is nonetheless an example of courage.
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Nicolas Joel fell very small into the pot. Decisive character: his mother. An exceptional woman, who chooses to raise her two sons alone (the youngest,
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