TRAVEL WITH THE GUILD FOR WCO

PARIS, France, February 8-15, 2025

FEBRUARY 8 - possible arrival date

FEBRUARY 9 - possible arrival date

6:30pm - WELCOME DINNER

FEBRUARY 10 - Onegin - ballet by John Cranko at Palais Garnier

From Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin, a seminal work of 19th -century Russian literature, John Cranko has created a ballet centered around five characters: the poet Lenski, Olga, Tatiana, the dandy Onegin, and Prince Gremin.

FEBRUARY 11 - FREE DAY, planned activity

FEBRUARY 12 - I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini at Opera Bastille

The bel canto chestnut starring soprano Lisette Oropesa, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, baritone Andrii Kymach, bass Roberto Tagliavini, and bass baritone Vartan Gabrielian.

FEBRUARY 13 - Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau at Palais Garnier

A piece rarely performed in its original version, this daring work plays on contrasts and expressiveness, as in the famous Tristes apprêts. Directed by Peter Sellars, starring soprano Jeanine De Bique, mezzo soprano Stephanie d’Oustrac, and tenors Reinoud Van Mechelen and Marc Mauillon.

FEBRUARY 14 - Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner at Opéra Bastille

Director Calixto Bieito places The Rheingold in a context dominated by digital virtuality and questions the impact of technology and science on human beings. Starring Ludovic Tezier, Florent Mbia, Matthew Cairns, Simon O’Neill, Brian Mulligan, Gerhard Siegel, Kwangchul Youn, Mike Kares, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Eliza Boom, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Margarita Polonskaya, Isabel Signoret, and Katharina Magiera.

FEBRUARY 15 - suggested departure date