Relaxed smile and bright eyes, Baptiste Charroing admits:
“My project for the theater could be summed up in two sentences.
On the one hand, to guarantee the hall its status as a house of music at the service of artists.
On the other hand, to make it a place of life that renews the spectator experience and the relationship with the public.
A double ambition that the 40-year-old, just appointed to succeed Michel Franck as general manager of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées by 2025, will not be afraid to display proudly as soon as he enters 15 avenue Montaigne. .
“One of my first symbolic gestures will be to work on the redevelopment of the theater hall,
he promises.
I want the concert hall to become what it was: a social place.
Let the pre-concert, intermission and post-concert time create an all-encompassing experience, like at Glyndebourne.
In the 21st century, it is up to us to reinvent our rituals, so that what happens outside the room is up to the prestige...
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