Is this the end of “Parisian life”?
Or at least one of its most emblematic traditions?
This winter, in the capital, the Christmas operetta has lead in the wing.
The temples dedicated to him are devoted to other saints.
Le Châtelet, which from 1928 to 1966 produced most of the big show operettas in Paris, prefers to put Broadway in a box by replaying 42nd Street.
The Opéra-Comique is also betting on an American musical from the 1980s: La Petite Boutique des Horrors (read our editions of December 12, 2022).
Nothing either at the Athénée, for years the stronghold of the Brigands and the resurrection of numerous operettas which delighted Parisians during the holidays.
As for the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées,
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