February 2011 Paris Events

25 January 2011 by Lisa Buros-Hutchins    526  
February 2011 Paris Events
Love is in the air in the month of Saint Valentine! Where could be more romantic than the City of Light to steal a kiss with your special one near a bridge centuries old, or to stroll hand in hand as you’re serenaded by accordion players and buskers alike. Ah, oui, la vie en rose à Paris is very lovely indeed! To set the scene, here is the best of what is going on in Paris this month. Opera, Ballet and Theatre Performance Palais Garnier Caligula, Choreographer Nicolas Le Riche – through February 24th Created for the Opera Garnier in 2005 by Nicolas Le Riche, this ballet in five acts is danced to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Opéra Garnier: Giulio Césare, Conductor Emmanuelle Haim, through February 17th Handel’s opera, set in Egypt 48 B.C., is the consummate Italian tragedy with themes of warfare, love and betrayal. Opéra Bastille: Swan Lake, Choreographer Rudolf Nureyev, through January 5th 2011 Tchaikovsky’s first and most famous ballet takes the Opera Garnier through the holiday season.  The show runs through January 5th. Le Nozze di Figaro – Conductor Philippe Jordan (A) and Dan Ettinger (B), through June 11th 2011 An opera buffa in four acts, this is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at his best. Madame Butterfly, Conductor Maurizio Benini, through February 14th A Japanese setting at the turn of the century, this opera tells the story of an American lieutenant and his young Japanese bride.  This opera is considered to be one of Puccini’s most beautiful. Francesca da Rimini, Conductor Daniel Oren, through February 21st The best known work of Riccardo Zandonai, this opera is considered to be one of the best works of the early 20th century.   Art Exhibitions in February The Louvre The Louvre in the Age of Enlightenment, through February 7th Antiquity Rediscovered – Innovation and Resistance in the 18th Century, through February 14th Tony Cragg – Figure Out, Figure In, through April 25th Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, through April 25th Grand Palais Très Toucher, through March 13th Petit Palais -Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris Reporters sans Frontières, through February 27th Everdingen, through March 27th Musée du Quai Branly Le Fabrique des Images, through July 17th L’Orient des Femmes, a Vision by Christian Lacroix, opens February 8th through May 15th Musée Marmottan Monet son Musée, through February 20th Centre Georges Pompidou Elles@Centre Pompidou, through February 21st Mondrian, through March 21st Play it Yourself, through March 23rd Musée des Arts Décoratifs Circuit Céramique: La Scène Française Contemporaire, through February 20th Les Années 1990-2000 History of Contemporary Fashion, through May 8th Vilac, 100 Years of Wooden Toys, through May 8th Animal, through November 30th La Maison Rouge Tous Cannibales, opens February 12th Chiharu Shiota, Home of Memory, opens February 12th La Maison Européenne de la Photographie Henri Huet: Vietnam, opens February 9th through April 3rd Musée Maillol Trésor des Médicis, through February 13th Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Dans l’Ombre des Dinosaures, through February 14th Science and Curiosity at the Court of Versailles, through February 27th In the Wake of Sharks, through May 8th Foundation Cartier Moebius-Transe-Forme, through March 13th Musée Rodin Henry Moore, The Studio Sculptures and Drawings, through February 27th Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville  de Paris Inci Eviner, through April 3rd Apartès, through May 7th Haute Culture: General Idea, opens February 11th Musée des Arts et Metiers MuseoGames, A History to be Replayed, through March 13th Nobel de Chimie, Photographs of Peter Badge, through March 27th Australian Embassy  / 4, rue Jean Rois, Paris 15th Dennis Nona, Entre Ciel, Terre et Mer, ou le Mythe Revisité, through May 20th Music Venues – Highlights of February Bercy 14   Usher Salle Pleyel 1   George Luis Prat 2, 6   Orchestre de Paris 4   Orchestre Colonne, Laurent Petitgirard & Jean-Philippe Collard 5, 26   Orchestre Pasdeloup 5, 6   Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim & Yefim Bronfman 9, 10 Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Jarvi, Matthias Goerne & Eric Picard 11   La Creation, Le Concert Spirituel 12   Orchestre Nationale de France, Sir John Eliot Gardiner & Anna Caterina Antonacci 14   Orchestre du Concertgebouw d’Amsterdam 18   Andrés Marin 19   Grandes Voix d’Inde du Nord 23, 24   Orchestre de Paris, Josep Pons, Boris Berezovsky & Nora Gubisch 25   Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France 28   Gewandhausorchester Leipzeg, L’Olympia 1   I Muvrini 2-6   Michel Sardou 11-13   Frederic Francois 17   Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs 18-20   Frederic Francois 21   Ca Peut Chemar 22    Skunk Anansie 24, 25   PJ Harvey 26   Dana Lary 27   Zut 28 – March 4th Veronique Sanson Le Zénith 5   Sum 41 10-20   Holidays on Ice Festival Casino de Paris 1-20 Jamel Debouzze 14   Laurent Baffie 21   Didier Gustin 24    Aquitaine sur Seine 26   Heol Elysée-Montmartre 5   Jena Lee 6   Finley Quaye 8   Ken Booth & Big Youth + No More Babylon 11   We Are the 90s 12   Bal de Elysées Montmartre 13   Jah Cure, Mr Vegas & Red Rat 15   Rhapsody of Fire 19   Papa Wemba & Werrason 20   EPMD & Army of Pharoahs 27   Angra Aqua 28   Symphony X La Cigale 2-5   Marc Lavoine en Acoustique 7    Lilly Wood & The Prick 8   Arnaud Fleurent – Didier 10   Agnes Obel 11    The Black Angels 12   Dominik Coco 14    Vinicio Capossela 19   Naissance d’Ame: Rachid Gholam 25    Zakk Wylde & Black Label Society 26   Band of Horses Jazz Concert – Grand Foyer du Chatelet 1   Soirée Classique, l’Amus Russe –   Paris Events in February Chinese New Year 3 The 13th arrondissment will be a fantastic destination to ring in the Year of the Rabbit. Two parades are scheduled this year: on February 6th a parade floats through the Marais and the traditional dragon parade through the 13th arrondissement is scheduled for February 13th. Spiraling Down/Assisted Living: Good Sports 2 4, 5 Choreographer Yvonne Rainer brings his talent and vision to the
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