The Lion King musical is one of those shows that people continued to talk about years after it first made its way onto the stage. There was something special about the theatrics and puppetry that brought the story of Simba to life in a whole new way.

This is where history suddenly becomes immersive and interesting for all involved. History geeks get a cool new way to view their subject and younger viewers get a new appreciation of Paris’ chronology. The show runs in this grand setting until the end of August. Add this curious alternative show to your summer calendar.

From October 10 to November 11, 2017, the prestigious Opera Bastille Paris is presenting the outstanding opera, Don Carlos, by the prolific Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

From April 15th until May 03rd, 2017, the Opera de Paris organizes a new operatic show at the Bastille that presents to the audiences the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera La Fille de Neige (English: The Snow Maiden).

The opera which is originated from The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans from Honoré de Balzac’s series of novels The Human Comedy, has not only its music but also its libretto written by Francesconi

The Opera de Paris invites visitors from March 07 until July 16, 2017, to take pleasure in attending one of the finest 19th-century opéras-comiques, at the Opera Bastille, Carmen by the prolific composer Georges Bizet.

Organized by the Opera de Paris, this amazing three-act opera will be led by the music director of the Paris Opera, Philippe Jordan, in a performance including the orchestra and choir of the Opéra national de Paris.

The ballet Tree of Codes was actually brought into being, on the occasion of the Manchester International Festival 2015. It was inspired by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer’s fiction Tree of Codes (2010), which is in itself adapted from Foer’s most favorite book The Street of Crocodiles (1934) by Bruno Schulz.

From January 23 to February 23, 2017, the modern Parisian opera house, Opera Bastille, holds Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, in an amazing show organized by the Opera de Paris.

After the success of La Bayadère and Romeo and Juliet, this December, another breath-taking show organized by the Opera de Paris, in honor of Rudolf Nureyev, will grace the stage of Opera Bastille!

Following the tremendous success that this touring show achieved in Sydney, Broadway, and London, today, The Illusionists promises Parisian audiences a wide variety of exceptional contemporary magic performances.

Until October 18, 2016, Opera Bastille will be putting on a show of the prominent Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama, Tosca (1900).

Eliogabalo was originated from the story of Heliogabalus, the Roman emperor who reigned the Roman Empire from 218 until 222. It is written in Italian, with a libretto to an unknown librettist. Eliogabalo will be performed at Palais Garnier under the conduction of ...

From 04 to 16 July 2016, Palais Garnier, the fine Parisian opera house, is host to three of the renowned American choreographer William Forsythe’s best ballets: Of Any If And, Approximate Sonata, and Creation.

Opera Bastille opens to view a new show that brings to light two magnificent ballets Entre Chien et Loup by the brilliant choreographer Justin Peck and Brahms-Schönberg Quartet by the prominent choreographer who was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors in 1978, George Balanchine.

Claimed to be adapted from a scenario by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette’s, Aida was written in four acts by the Italian librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni. It was premiered at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt, on December 24, 1871.

Originated from William Shakespeare's renowned tragedy King Lear, Lear is written by the famous librettist, Claus H. Henneberg. It was performed for the first time on July 9th, 1978 at the National Theatre Munich, under the conduction of the German conductor Gerd Albrecht.

Under the conduction of the leading Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan, Richard Strauss’ comic opera Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) is at Opera Bastille from 09th until 31st, May 2016.