The question of diversity may well have sparked anger on the Paris Opera, Alexander Neef, its director, has no regrets.
“The controversy proved that it was a fair and necessary step.
The people of the house came to me with the intention of opening up a peaceful space for discussion, and that is healthy.
The question is that of the mismatch between the Paris Opera and French society.
If an institution is no longer in tune with society, its survival is threatened, ”
he says.
One thing is certain: this initiative positions it as a leader in diversity in operas, on which Bachelot has just launched a national mission.
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That the orchestra and choir of the Opéra national de Paris are concerned, it is an objective fact that they share with the vast majority of similar Western formations, including in the United States.
The two rapporteurs, Pap Ndiaye and Constance Rivière, concede that the reasons are to be sought upstream: if there are no black musicians
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