At the Paris Opera, the ballet suspends its strike this evening with the resumption of negotiations

Programming which will end up becoming ritual for the Opera ballet at Christmas: the strike. No downside. In Bastille, instead of the somewhat heady fragrances of Spain from Paquita reviewed by Pierre Lacotte, and at Garnier, instead of the gentle madness of Play by Alexander Ekman, the crisis meetings follow one another and are similar: hours of tense discussions where no dialogue is established.

Matthieu Botto, a veteran, gives a star performance in his role as CGT union delegate. Everything in its role concentrated without wanting to hear anything. Faced with him, management multiplied proposals, confessions of helplessness and reminders of reality that took him a long time to hear. Each Paquita canceled is equivalent to a loss of 260,000 euros in ticketing, each Play, 150,000 euros. As of December 11, four Paquita and a Play have already been canceled, meaning nearly 1.2 million euros gone. The slate is shaking in a period where the budgetary effort…