Bordeaux National Opera: 2024/2027…

At the launch of the 24/25 season, we wrote this:

// … INTERPRETATION PREFACE : The Bordeaux National Opera is both a historical monument and a major artistic center. The setting and the gem. But it is also much more than that. It is a common good and an agent of change. For us, this Opera really needs to take literally the place it already has: a place in the center of the city…//… “We have a large, quality Opera House, committed to an ecological movement and social, who know how to express intimacy and a high level of demands without being a big gap. Excellence within everyone’s reach. »

Pierre Hurmic, Mayor of Bordeaux, Dimitri Boutleux, President of the Board of Directors of the National Opera of Bordeaux.

This Tuesday was less than half an hour from the show ” The Sentinels » we noted these few “strong” words before the initials: // … It is an event because here, artistic works of excellence are produced… for the goal of victory… Prefect Etienne Guyot // … Knowledge, multiple talents, artistic wealth and this essential partnership… Regional Council Charline Claveau … // It is the city that wanted this assembly, the diversity of artistic approaches, the promotion of non-professional practices strengthening cultural initiatives, shared responsibility for financial matters but also responsibilities… Pierre Hurmic …// This document is our compass for the years to come; for the design of this house like others, I have hope; loyalty, a collection of skills in tune with our times… Dimitri Boutleux … //

Emmanuel Hondré, who was named Director of our Grand Théâtre at the beginning of the season since he took office in January 2022, strongly confirmed his desire to be at the helm of “Citizen Opera”; it seems that this is the beginning of a clear path. To be continued…