Opéra Bastille: concerns of artisans and local residents

Opéra Bastille: concerns of artisans and local residents

The inhabitants of the Bastille district are asked about the project to build a second opera house in Paris on the Place de la Bastille. For some, like Henri SARVER, a retired craftsman, opera is only accessible from a certain level of education and is not a hobby for people who work, he would have preferred a stadium instead. Others worry about the cost of relocation, their habits and their work, such as Marie Anne MASSON, a tapestry craftsman. Interview with François BLOCH LAINE, President of the Mission Opéra Bastille on the cost to the taxpayer of performances at the Opéra Garnier, a venue that has become totally unusable for opera theatre because of the small number of spectators and the absence of alternation.

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Publication date : 15 July 1983