https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Paris Opera reopened on Saturday night after weeks of strike action against the French government's pension reforms that have cost the arts organisation millions of euros in ticketing losses. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200126/paris-opera-reopens-after-weeks-of-strikes Sun, 26 Jan 2020 08:20:34 +0100 paris-opera-reopens-after-weeks-of-strikes French police fired tear gas under a rain of projectiles and arrested several people Saturday as thousands of "yellow vest" anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200119/15-arrested-in-latest-anti-macron-demo Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:01:59 +0100 15-arrested-in-latest-anti-macron-demo The last time the strains of the aria "Oh Richard! Oh my king!" echoed around the Opera Royal at Versailles it was for Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette just before they were dragged off to Paris and their doom by their revolting subjects. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191012/aria-that-cost-marie-antoinette-her-head-is-sung-again-at-versailles Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:48:20 +0200 aria-that-cost-marie-antoinette-her-head-is-sung-again-at-versailles Hollywood director James Gray is to stage his first opera in Paris in November. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190325/american-film-director-to-stage-first-opera-in-paris Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:53:01 +0100 american-film-director-to-stage-first-opera-in-paris A survey of ballet dancers at the prestigious Paris Opera has revealed widespread complaints of bullying and sexual harassment, as well as separate management concerns over the leadership of dance director Aurelie Dupont. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180416/paris-opera-dancers-complain-of-bullying-and-harassment Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:50:03 +0200 paris-opera-dancers-complain-of-bullying-and-harassment The curse of Phantom of the Opera appears to have struck again with a fire at a Paris theatre on Sunday which is threatening to derail the musical's debut in France next month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160925/the-curse-of-phantom-strikes-as-paris-theatre-burns Sun, 25 Sep 2016 19:16:45 +0200 the-curse-of-phantom-strikes-as-paris-theatre-burns France's state auditors have rebuked heads of the Paris Opera Ballet for their taxi bills and for providing star choreographer Benjamin Millepied with a car and chauffeur. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160916/paris-opera-rebuked-over-100k-taxi-bills-and-posh-lunches Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:37:51 +0200 paris-opera-rebuked-over-100k-taxi-bills-and-posh-lunches With this season's line up revealed on Wednesday and the new director hungry for a younger audience, Paris Opera has announced that people under the age of 28 will be able to get discounted tickets. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150204/paris-opera-offers-cheap-tickets-to-young-fans Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:48:00 +0100 paris-opera-offers-cheap-tickets-to-young-fans France will urgently update its law around the wearing of full face veils in public after it emerged a female spectator was told to leave the Paris Opera during a performance La Traviata after singers spotted her wearing a niqab. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141020/paris-opera-veil-la-traviata Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:29:00 +0200 paris-opera-veil-la-traviata Hollywood star Natalie Portman is swapping New York for Paris along with her French husband Benjamin Millepied after he secured the post of dance director at the French capital's Opera. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130124/hollywood-star-to-swap-new-york-for-paris Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:14:00 +0100 hollywood-star-to-swap-new-york-for-paris