Aurelie Dupont

paris opera ballet presents l’histoire de manon

Lynne Lancaster / 26 July 2015

Lush, lavish, opulent and very detailed with a huge cast, this is an extraordinarily powerful version of the MacMillan masterpiece, wonderfully performed by the Paris Opera Ballet with a Gallic flavour.

What makes this performance extra special is that it …

Ballet, Cinema

paris opera ballet: balanchine and millepied

Lynne Lancaster / 29 July 2014

As part of the current Palace Opera and Ballet season, we were privileged to see the Paris Opera Ballet perform a classic double bill, Balanchine’s 1947 ‘Palais de Cristal’ and a new version of Ravel’s ‘ Daphnis Chloe’ by Millepied …