Duck Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Vadim Muntagirov will be dancing with Dorothée Gilbert in POB's version of Giselle on 2 and 7 June. Muntagirov is replacing Josua Hoffalt. https://twitter.com/BalletOParis/status/732503621590351872 The forthcoming run of Giselle is sold out however return tickets become available occasionally, either on the ticket site for Giselle, or the ticket exchange forum ... and if they do, they go very quickly. The 3rd scene of the ONP site shows a number of videos about productions, life at the opera, etc. Some are funny, some are intriguing, some give insights. One of my favourite videos is about the production and transport of the one backcloths for Giselle https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/3e-scene/giselle-the-walking-landscape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Merci bien, Duck. I look forward to watching this later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 The forthcoming run of Giselle is sold out however return tickets become available occasionally, either on the ticket site for Giselle, or the ticket exchange forum ... and if they do, they go very quickly. Please could you give us the link for the ticket exchange site, Duck? Merci beaucoups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A frog Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 (edited) Please could you give us the link for the ticket exchange site, Duck? Merci beaucoups. It's http://boursechange.operadeparis.fr/ You can set up alerts. You should have them sent to an account where you see the emails instantly as the tickets tend to be snapped up almost immediately. Edited May 18, 2016 by A frog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 It's http://boursechange.operadeparis.fr/ You can set up alerts. You should have them sent to an account where you see the emails instantly as the tickets tend to be snapped up almost immediately. Thank you for sharing the link, A frog, as I'd been offline for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Is this the beginning of a trend? Isaac Hernandez stepped in for someone at the POB in a couple of performances of La Bayadere a few months ago. Whilst it's lovely that 'our' dancers are being showcased at such an august institution I do wonder why a huge company can't provide substitutes when a dancer can't perform for some reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Is this the beginning of a trend? Isaac Hernandez stepped in for someone at the POB in a couple of performances of La Bayadere a few months ago. Whilst it's lovely that 'our' dancers are being showcased at such an august institution I do wonder why a huge company can't provide substitutes when a dancer can't perform for some reason. Good question. La Bayadere also saw Kim Kimin guesting at POB in the role of Solor at the end of last year (and for which he, in fact, received the Benois de la Danse prize yesterday), and I recall both triggered a similar discussion on French ballet sites at the time. I personally had hoped for Sebastien Bertaud, who is with POB, to be cast as Albrecht as replacement for Josua Hoffalt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 That excellent website Dansomanie. the French equivalent of Ballet.co, is worth checking for returns too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 That excellent website Dansomanie. the French equivalent of Ballet.co, is worth checking for returns too. I've looked there but can't find the appropriate category. What is it en Francais, si'l vous plait, MAB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) I've looked there but can't find the appropriate category. What is it en Francais, si'l vous plait, MAB? I don’t think that you’ll have much luck, but you can try here. It’s just general comments. Look for the exact performance, for instance “Giselle [ONP Garnier 27/05 - 14/06/2016]”. Key words, “billet” (ticket), “vendre” (to sell). http://www.forum-dansomanie.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 At Paris Opera Ballet go here for to be listed for notification of returned ballet tickets. http://boursechange.operadeparis.fr/ballets-onp "Votre adresse courriel:" means your email address. Edited May 19, 2016 by Buddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) I ran out of time to continue my above explanation. You have to register at the Paris Opera Ballet and for the moment you have to do it in french. I succeeded, but if you only speak english it might be quite difficult. "votre adresse courriel" means your email address "date de naissance" is your birthdate "ville" city "Pays" country "nom" family name "prenom" first name “Une alerte par annonce” you are notified of each return offer immediately. “Résumé quotidien” daily alert(?) or daily summary(?) Edited May 19, 2016 by Buddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmie Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I would so love to see this. Dorothée Gilbert is on my to-see list of ballerinas and Muntagirov was pretty good in Giselle if I remember correctly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 My experience from seeing other productions at POB earlier this year is that a few more return tickets tend to appear on the POB site/ ticket forum one to two weeks before a performance, and even up to the day of the performance. Very little for Giselle so far though, and those that have appeared were all taken incredibly quickly. Good luck to those who are looking to get tickets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I've looked there but can't find the appropriate category. What is it en Francais, si'l vous plait, MAB? They don't have a separate category as such. People post ticket requests on the general forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I ran out of time to continue my above explanation. You have to register at the Paris Opera Ballet and for the moment you have to do it in french. I succeeded, but if you only speak english it might be quite difficult. "votre adresse courriel" means your email address "date de naissance" is your birthdate "ville" city "Pays" country "nom" family name "prenom" first name “Une alerte par annonce” you are notified of each return offer immediately. “Résumé quotidien” daily alert(?) or daily summary(?) Thank you so much for all this, Buddy. I can find the page where one requests ticket alerts but not the one where one registers with POB. Or is this the same thing? My French is up to doing this, I think, but your help is very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) You're very welcome, capybara. It was sort of 'hit and miss' for me. Somehow the registration form finally came up after I clicked on Giselle at this page. I may have requested a ticket or something similar. I can't repeat the process to help you because I'm now registered. http://boursechange.operadeparis.fr/ballets-onp Added comment: Tickets seem to be somewhat more available in the last year or so at the POB site, but you still have to start looking as soon as possible. You can usually get tickets through an agent anytime but the increase in price can be huge. You can call any major hotel on the phone and they can probably arrange this for you (or anything else actually) even if you're not a guest. Edited May 20, 2016 by Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Try this link here https://boursechange.operadeparis.fr/panier/panier# (the link includes the "#" sign), click on the icon for the person in the top right-hand corner. This will provide a pop-up form. From there, choose the lower section "Nouveau sur la bourse Opéra" ("New on the ticket exchange forum of the Opera") to register with the ticket exchange forum. "Remplir le champ ci-dessous pour créer un compte" - Fill in the form below to create an account "Indiquez votre adresse courriel" - State your email address "Choisissez un mot de passe" - Choose a password Once registered, this should allow you to set up the email alert for Giselle on http://boursechange.operadeparis.fr/ballets-onp# by clicking on "Soyez alerte par courriel" ("Set up an email alert") While the exchange forum offers alerts for tickets offered, the ticket site for Giselle https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/ticketing/29-Giselle does not provide alerts, so this will require ongoing checking. -- edted regarding the pop-up form Edited May 20, 2016 by Duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Buddy and Duck - it is so good of you to be so helpful. Still can't do it - no icon comes up but will keep trying. Merci encore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I just might have done it now but I can't call up the whole page on which to request the alert. So sorry to have occupied so much of people's time and balletcoforum space on a personal matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 No worries and sorry we haven't been able to help you complete the process yet. Are you able to share screenshots of what you see? Maybe this will help find a solution. A note on the ONP ticket site for Giselle https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/ticketing/29-giselle - as and when tickets become available on the main ticket site, just to see where the ticket is within a price group, you will need to log in. This log in is separate to the log in on the ticket exchange forum. I would recommend testing the process for another ballet/ opera this season so you are all set up by the time a ticket does come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I AM REGISTERED NOW IN BOTH WAYS THANKS AGAIN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 Good news - a number of tickets are currently available for various performances of Giselle on the main ticket site https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/ticketing/29-Giselle (not for 2 or 7 June at the moment though) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 They don't have a separate category as such. People post ticket requests on the general forum. That's what I find so frustrating about Dansomanie: no structure, just virtually everything lumped together. It makes it very difficult for me to keep track of everything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Good news - a number of tickets are currently available for various performances of Giselle on the main ticket site https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/ticketing/29-Giselle (not for 2 or 7 June at the moment though) Are they still there? I can't find them. Great news, capybara ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Are they still there? I can't find them. Great news, capybara ! No - all gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) No - all gone now. Alas. Myriam Ould-Braham this Albrecht has not forsaken you. The good fight will continue. (Big Smiley!) Thanks, capybara. Edited May 20, 2016 by Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Some lovely pictures of Muntagirov and Gilbert are now appearing on Facebook and Twitter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Some lovely pictures of Muntagirov and Gilbert are now appearing on Facebook and Twitter. and enthusiastic comments about their performance last night, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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