In partnership with the musée Carnavalet, the musée d’Orsay and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Petit Palais is dedicating an exhibition to the Opéra Comique. It is one of France’s three oldest theatre institutions – along with the Opéra de Paris and the Comédie Française. Entitled “From Carmen to Mélisande – Dramatic works at the Opéra Comique”, this retrospective puts under the spotlight some of the greatest classic works from its heyday at the turn of the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Visitors will (re)discover masterpieces such as Pelléas and Mélisande, Manon, Carmen and Lakmé, most of which are still performed around the world.

“De Carmen à Mélisande – Drames à l’Opéra Comique” exhibition, from March 18^th to June 28^th 2015.
Open Tuesday-Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
Late opening on Fridays until 9pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Full rate: €8 / Reduced rate: €6.
Free for under-17s.

Studio Reutlinger, Miss Garden in Pelléas and Mélisandre, photograph, 20^th century - © BnF

Petit Palais
Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 43 40 00
Metro: Champs-Elysées Clemenceau (lines 1 and 13).

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