Paris Opera and Ballet

The French opera and ballet company is one of the world's oldest and grandest cultural institutions.

A Place for Modern Opera and Ballet to Call Home

The Paris Opera (Opéra National de Paris) has long been an innovator in creating acclaimed artistic productions. Since the 1660s, this influential institution founded by King Louis XIV has been a driving force in the development of classical opera as we think of it today and continues to present major productions to audiences from across the world.

More than 400 performances take place each year in the 2,000-seat 19th-century architectural gem that is the Palais Garnier (whose renovated ceiling is adorned with frescoes painted by Marc Chagall) and the Opera Bastille, the company's modern 2,700-seat theatre that was constructed in 1989. The Paris Opera has hosted the world premieres of such operas as Giuseppi Verdi's Don Carlos, Igor Stravinsky's Perséphone, and Giacomo Meyerbeer's Robert le diable, and Jean-Philipe Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie. An essential partner of the Paris Opera, the Paris Opera Ballet is not only the world's oldest national ballet, but also a beloved and vital cultural institution.

Visit Paris Opera and Ballet

GRoW Support

2023

Programming - RÊVE D'ENFANTS

2022

Event - LA Phil and Paris Opera Ballet at the Hollywood Bowl

Event - Gala

Programming - RÊVE D'ENFANTS

2021

General operating support

PROGRAMMING - RÊVE D'ENFANTS

2020

Production - The Ring

PROGRAMMING - RÊVE D'ENFANTS

2019

General Operating Support - American Friends of the Paris Opera and Ballet 35th Anniversary Gala

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

2018

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

2017

Recording - Performances of Tchaikovsky cycle by Paris National Opera Orchestra

Listen to Recording

2016

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Recording - Concert Symphonic of Serguei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel and Modest Moussorgski

2015

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants
Recording - Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, La Valse

Listen to Recording

2014

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Recording - Performances of "Daphnis et Chloé & La Valse"

2013

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Performance & Programming - "Alcina"

Recording - Performances of "Ring"

Recording - "Requiem"

Listen to Recording

2012

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Recording - "Le sacre du printemps" (Rite of Spring)

2011

2012 United States Tour

2010

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Event - Les Etés de la Danse de Paris Festival

2009

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Support for 2009-2010 Season

2008

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Programming - Cultural exchange between France and the United States

Performances - New York City Ballet and Paris Opera Engagement

2007

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Programming- "Tristan et Isolde"

General Operating Support

PROGRAMMING - CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES

2006

General Operating Support

Event - Les Etés de la Danse de Paris Festival

PROGRAMMING - CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES

2005

General Operating Support

Event - Les Etés de la Danse de Paris Festival

Programming- "Tristan et Isolde"

PROGRAMMING - CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES

2004

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Programming - Cultural exchange between France and the United States

2003

Programming - Rêve d'Enfants

Gregory and Regina Annenberg Weingarten Fund

General Operating Support

2002

General Operating Support

Programming - Paris Opera Ballet visit to New York

2001

General Operating Support

1999

Programming - American Artists at the Paris Opera