The Garnier and Bastille operas will close in turn until 2030

The Garnier and Bastille operas will close in turn until 2030
The Garnier and Bastille operas will close in turn until 2030

Two historic cultural scenes will display closed doors. The National Opera will carry out renovation work forcing it to close the stage of the Palais Garnier from “mid-2027 to mid-2029”, then that of the Opéra Bastille from “mid-2030” for at least two years, he announced this Thursday.

At the Palais Garnier, an almost 150-year-old building classified as a “historic monument” in 1923, “the most important work will begin in the summer of 2027 and will focus on the renovation of the stage equipment and the stage cage,” he said. he asserted. “As the stage is inaccessible” from mid-2027 to mid-2029, its artistic programming “will be interrupted for a period of two years”, added the Paris National Opera, according to a “provisional work schedule” adopted in July.

At the Opéra Bastille, inaugurated in 1989, “the heavy renovation work (stage equipment in particular) will not begin before mid-2030, with the stage closed for an estimated period of two years,” he continues.

Programming maintained during the work

According to the institution, from mid-2027 to mid-2029, “the Opéra Bastille's programming will host an equal proportion of opera and ballet performances. Shows will also be scheduled outside the walls, in Paris, in partner venues, and more widely in .” “These same principles will be applied during the work on the Opéra Bastille.”

The Garnier building will also remain “accessible for visits”, with “predictable restrictions for the performance hall”.

In its report published last week, the Court of Auditors described the buildings as “aging” and “long-standing underfunded” and mentioned an “investment plan” of 200 million euros by 2030. This amount is “being updated, based on ongoing diagnostics,” said the Opera. “It will be based on the self-financing of the Opera and on the support of the State.”

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