Despite the reconfinement and the closure of all public places including the Parisian institution, the Paris Opera has said it hopes to broadcast a performance
of Richard Wagner's
L'Anneau du Nibelung
at the end of November during the confinement.
The institution has announced that it has to close its doors, canceling public performances as well as visits, but plans to be able to play behind closed doors.
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The rehearsals of the shows scheduled for December will continue in the coming weeks.
We hope to be able to record and broadcast
Richard Wagner's
L'Anneau du Nibelung
at the end of November,
”wrote the director general of the Paris Opera, Alexander Neef, in a message to spectators. .
The terms of this dissemination have not been specified.
"
We are also examining the possibility of adapting the programming of this work at the Auditorium of Radio France, at the beginning of December, as well as of reprogramming at the end of the year the ballet
Chorégraphes contemporains, to create today
which was to begin November 4,
”he added.
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The Paris Opera had already broadcast performances of its shows on its site during the first confinement and then until July 19.
President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday evening a new confinement which must last at least until December 1.
This effectively cancels all cultural events with audiences in November.
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