The Capitole de Toulouse has a new opera season. Nabucco, Orphée aux enfers, Balanchine are among the highlights.

New ballet director Beate Vollack is delighted with the level of the company of 35 dancers left to her by Kader Belarbi, at its head for ten years. The season ends with the revival of Norma and a new production of Le Vaisseau Fantôme, directed by Michel Fau, who is obsessed with Wagner.