45 minutes before the bells call you into the house, it’s time to refresh your memory and go back to the beginnings of the opera: we offer a brief introduction to remind you what the work is all about and what kind of magical, apocalyptic, critical or hyper-realistic worlds the people behind the production have in store for you. Lickety-split, there’s just enough time to grab some bubbly before you take your seats under the star-studded ceiling of a thousand and one operas!
 
45 minutes before each performance
Free admittance with performance tickets
Foyer of the GTG

About Pelléas & Mélisande
Poor Golaud. His wife Mélisande prefers his half-brother Pélleas. Is he the only one to suffer the ravages of infidelity in the realm of melody? Certainly not! But while Debussy modestly cloaks infidelity in the nuances of the unsaid until the final tragedy, others such as Offenbach and Poulenc choose to laugh about it joyfully. Cuckolded husbands: should we laugh or cry? An evening devoted to adulterous love, poetic or comic, but always in French, “s’il vous plaît”.
 
Charlotte Bozzi, soprano
Jean Miannay, tenor
Mark Kurmanbayev, bass
Xavier Dami, pianist
 
Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 6:30PM
CHF 25.-
First drink included (except cocktails and champagne)
At the Grand Théâtre de Genève

Pelléas & Mélisande – Les vertiges de l’inconscient
« Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette forêt ». Ainsi s’ouvre Pelléas et Mélisande, sous le signe de l’enfermement définitif. Mais cette forêt où l’on se perd, n’est-ce pas l’inconscient de personnages qui semblent avoir refoulé les pires secrets ?
Cette conférence sous forme d’enquête se propose de donner quelques clés pour s’y retrouver dans le labyrinthe mental d’une famille où le non-dit le dispute au mensonge.
A conference in french by Christian Merlin in collaboration with the Association genevoise des amis de l’opéra et du ballet.
 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
At 6:30PM
Théâtre de l’Espérance
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Entrance :
Free for members of the association and young people under 30
Non-members: CHF 15
Older people and unemployed: CHF 10
 
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Sans soleil
At once a tribute and a discovery, CINÉOPÉRA offers a carte blanche to prominent figures from the worlds of opera and ballet who will grace our house throughout the season.
For this first event of the season, Les Cinémas du Grütli present Sans Soleil (1983) by Chris Marker, a documentary film selected by choreographer Damien Jalet.
 
Saturday, October 25, 2025
at 6PM
Cinémas du Grütli
 
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Haven’t you ever wondered what it’s like on the other side, when the curtain falls on a performance? How does all the technical machinery work? What do the stagehands have to do to get things back into working order? Or maybe just bump into one of the stars of the show?
 
So let us raise the curtain on all this for you. With every production, we give our patrons an opportunity to come backstage with us, raise their eyes to the flies and take a good look at what’s behind the sets. It may be dark in the wings but there’s a whole lot going on there! And because it’s a really busy place, we can’t really do this more than once per performance run. You will need to book your visit beforehand, so don’t delay!
 
A member of the theatre staff who can answer all your questions and show you some of the very impressive features of our opera house takes you backstage for free.
 
After the October 30 performance, a member of the theatre staff who can answer all your questions and show you some of the very impressive features of our opera house takes you backstage for free.
 
The “En coulisse” tour lasts about 20 minutes, starts 15 minutes after the performance, is free of charge on prior reservation by email at [email protected].