He also made time to answer a few questions about his leadership particularly for this blog.Īside from the musical talents of Soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title roles, the Samson and Delilah performance was special in two ways. Perhaps that’s how Lissner found time to speak to the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris in October just before a special pre-preview performance at Opera Bastille of Saint-Saens’ opera, Samson and Delilah, co-produced with the Metropolitan Opera and headed to New York early in 2017.
Keeping those seats filled is Lissner’s prime objective. All told, more than a million tickets will be sold this season alone. The season boasts 35 different programs, 26 of which are new productions. ( That's not including some 30 non-traditional performances performed in both houses. The curtain will rise 412 times at Bastille and Garnier during this 2016-2017 season alone, on a total of 380 operas, ballets, recitals and symphony concerts.
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