Opéra de Paris posts massive loss

Opéra de Paris posts massive loss

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norman lebrecht

October 26, 2017

Stéphane Lissner’s company had a really bad year.

In 2016 fiscal, the Opéra lost 9.3 million Euros ($11 million), an amount which would cause heads to roll in most other countries. In France, deficits are the norm.

The good news? Audiences for opera and dance were up  7% on the previous season and the house played to 91% of capacity. Average audience age was mid-40s.

Production costs, however, went through the roof – 40.8 million Euros. Where did that money go?

 

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