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Booking Tickets for the cheaper seats aside performances taking place at
For tickets, it’s always best for the purpose. Ticket agents, private theatres.
to deal directly with the notably in the FNAC stores Note, however, that many
relevant box office. Booking (see p333), and a good hotel theatres and concert halls may
tickets at the main venues is concierge can also help. These be closed during the holiday
possible online or by post up agencies accept credit card season in August, so enquire
to two months before the bookings – a useful service as first to avoid disappointment.
performance and by telephone not all venues are guaranteed
two weeks to a month in to accept them.
advance. If you want a good Half-price tickets on the day Ticket Prices
seat, it’s best to book in of performance can be bought Ticket prices can range from
advance as tickets tend to sell at one of three Kiosque Théâtre €8–€85 for the Opéra de Paris
quickly. Last-minute tickets (see p333) locations at Place de Bastille and the principal
may also be available at the la Madeleine, the Parvis de la classical music venues, and from
box office, and certain venues, Gare Montparnasse and Place €5–€25 for the smaller halls and
such as the Opéra National de des Ternes. However, these concerts in churches around the
Paris Bastille, keep some tickets agencies usually only deal for city, such as Sainte-Chapelle.
DIRECTORY
Classical Music Eglise de la Notre-Dame St-Louis-en-l’Ile
Venues Madeleine Pl du Parvis-Notre-Dame 19 Rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
Pl de la Madeleine 75008. 75004. Map 13 A4. 75004. Map 13 C4.
Amphithéâtre Map 5 C5. Tel 01 44 51 69 Tel 01 44 41 49 99. Tel 01 46 34 11 60.
Richelieu de la 00 (church); 01 42 50 96
Sorbonne 18 (concerts). Notre-Dame-des St-Roch
Blancs-Manteaux
17 Rue de la Sorbonne 12 Rue des Blancs- 296 Rue St-Honoré 75001.
75005. Map 12 F5. Eglise St-Germain Manteaux 75004. Map 13 Map 12 E1.
Tel 01 40 46 20 19. l’Auxerrois C3. Tel 01 42 72 09 37. Tel 01 42 44 13 20.
2 Place du Louvre 75001. St-Sulpice
Auditorium Opéra Comique
See Opéra National de Map 12 F2. 5 Rue Favart 75002. Map 2 Rue Palatine, Pl St-
Paris Bastille. Tel 01 42 60 13 96. 6 F5. Tel 01 80 05 68 60. Sulpice 75006. Map 12 E4.
Tel 01 42 34 59 98 or
Auditorium du Festival d’Automne ∑ opera-comique.com 01 46 33 21 78.
Louvre 156 Rue de Rivoli 75001. Opéra National de Salle Pleyel
Musée du Louvre, Rue de Map 12 F2. Tel 01 53 45 Paris Bastille 252 Rue du Faubourg
Rivoli 75001. Map 12 E2. 17 00 or 01 53 45 17 17 120 Rue de Lyon 75012. St-Honoré 75008.
Tel 01 40 20 55 00/55. (tickets). ∑ festival- Map 14 E4. Tel 08 92 89 90
automne.com Map 4 E3. Tel 01 42 56 13
Auditorium du Musée 90. ∑ operadeparis.fr 13. ∑ sallepleyel.fr
d’Orsay Festival Chopin Opéra National de Stade de France
102 Rue de Lille 75007. Orangerie de Bagatelle Paris Garnier Rue Henri Delaunay,
Map 12 D2. Bois de Boulogne 75016. Pl de l’Opéra 75009. Map La Plaine St-Denis 93210.
Tel 01 53 63 04 63. Map 3 A4. 6 E4. Tel 08 92 89 90 90. Tel 01 55 93 00 00.
Tel 01 45 00 22 19 (info); ∑ operadeparis.fr
Centre de Musique 08 92 68 36 22 (tickets). ∑ stadefrance.com
Baroque de Versailles ∑ frederic-chopin.com Quartier d’Eté Festival Studio
22 Ave de Paris, Versailles. Tel 01 44 94 98 00. See Opéra National de
Tel 01 39 20 78 10. Grand Amphi théâtre ∑ quartierdete.com Paris Bastille.
∑ cmbv.fr de la Sorbonne Sainte-Chapelle
47 Rue des Ecoles 75005. Théâtre des Champs-
Cité de la Musique 8 Blvd du Palais. Map 13 Élysées
Parc de La Villette, 221 Map 13 A5. Tel 01 40 46 A3. Tel 01 53 40 60 80 or 15 Ave Montaigne 75008.
Ave Jean-Jaurès 75019. 20 19. 01 44 07 12 38 (info). Map 10 F1.
Tel 01 44 84 44 84. IRCAM St-Germain-des-Prés Tel 01 49 52 50 50.
∑ citedelamusique.fr 1 Pl Igor Stravinsky 75004. 3 Pl St-Germain-des Prés Théâtre du Châtelet
Conservatoire d’Art Map 13 B2. Tel 01 44 78 75006. Map 12 E4. 2 Rue Edouard Colonne,
Dramatique 48 43 or 01 44 78 15 45. Tel 01 55 42 81 10. Pl du Châtelet 75001.
2 bis Rue du Conservatoire ∑ ircam.fr St-Gervais–St-Protais Map 13 A3. Tel 01 40 28
75009. Map 7 A4. Maison de Radio- Place St-Gervais 75004. 28 28. ∑ chatelet-
Tel 01 42 46 12 91. France Map 13 B3. theatre.com
∑ cnsad.fr 116 Ave du Président- Tel 01 48 87 32 02. Théâtre de la Ville
Eglise des Billettes Kennedy 75016. Map 9 St-Julien-le-Pauvre 2 Pl du Châtelet 75004.
24 Rue des Archives B4. Tel 01 56 40 22 22 79 Rue Galande 75005. Map 13 A3.
75004. Map 13 C2. or 01 56 40 15 16. Map 13 A4. Tel 01 42 74 22 77.
Tel 01 42 77 70 09. ∑ maisondelaradio.fr Tel 01 43 54 52 16. ∑ theatredelaville.com

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