The architect Henry Van de Velde built it in 1913. This theatre housed the innovative Russian Ballet of Diaghilev and Nijinski in 1913. The resounding first such as the Rite of Spring of Stavinski or the " Negro Revue" of Josephine Baker (1925) were performed there

The Turn of the Screw


From June 7th to 12th 2005
Libretto from an Henry James Novel. Opera created in 1954 by British composer Benjamin Britten.

This production from Daniel Harding, Luc Bondy et Richard Peduzzi was a huge success in Aix en Provence in 2001

THeatre des Champs Elysées