Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier will stage "La Sylphide" by Pierre Lacotte from July 1 to July 16, 2017.Seized by doubts on the eve of his wedding to Effie, the young James is visited by a sylph in a dream. La Sylphide is an evanescent creature, the embodiment of the ideal woman and a metaphor for the freedom his marriage might steal from him. First performed in 1832 at the Paris Opera, Philippe Taglioni's …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:40AM on February 25, 2017