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On Sunday night we had the opportunity to visit a jazz club, we went to the Duc des Lombards club in the Châtelet area of Paris to see the Roy Haynes quartet. The show was amazing, and for an 83 year old jazz legend, the man can really wail on the drums.
42 rue des Lombards, 75001 Paris, +01 42 33 22 88 (sorry...no photos of the peformance allowed....)
The Ballet
On Monday night we had the very excellent pleasure of getting to see a ballet at the Opéra Garnier. The building itself is amazing!
This chandelier apparently weighs six tons! and there is a beautiful Chagall mural surrounding it. See the details below:
Our seats were on the Third Loge, but we had a fantastic view of the stage:
We saw a ballet called "Les Enfants du Paradis" by Jacques Prévert. The Choreography was done by the very talented Jose Martinez. The entire performance was really wonderful. I wish I could share with everyone the beautiful dances and costumes that they had for the performance (unfortunately the frown upon filming!).
3 comments:
Oh what wonderful photos, thanks for sharing. I was fortunate enough (or not) to be taught by a ballet teacher who was a former principle with L'Opera de Paris. I took a school trip there when I danced with English National Ballet School in London at age 17 and had prime seats for the ballet school's annual performance. It was wonderful. My teacher, Dominique Franchetti, used to love to dismiss any girl that fell while pirouetting by saying, "She has enough padding, anyway"
Claire, I thought of you a few times while watching the ballet and thought how you would have really enjoyed it. It was a beautiful performance and I'm so glad that Felipe suggested we go!
the photos are all very nice, it's really a nice place and i'm glad you two had a nice evening out...
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