Museums
AIX-en-PROVENCE : Musée Granet. The Planque Collection : Through October 2.
ANGERS: Musée des Beaux Arts : Guillaume Bodinier: Through September 18.
AVIGNON: Palais des Papes. Bridges: Through September 25. Lambert Collection: Cy Twombley: Through October 2.
BEAUNE : Musée des Beaux-Arts. Félix Ziem (1821 – 1911): November 18 to February 28.
BEAUVAIS: Musée Départemental. Byrne Jones to Capiello: October 12 to February 29.
BORDEAUX: “Evento 2011” – Michaelangelo Pistoletto brings Arte Povera to a cityèwide exhibit from October 6 to 16. Decorative Arts: Napoléon & Eugénie at Fontainebleau: December 9 to March 5. CAPC. Secret Societies. November 10 to February 26.
CAEN: Musée des Beaux Arts. Edvard Munch: November 5 to January 22.
CATEAU-CAMBRESIS. Musée Matisse. Henri Matisse – Painting with Ink : October 16 to February 19.
CHANTILY: Musée Condé. Monkeys & Dragons – Chinese and Japanese influences on Chantilly design in the 18th century: September 14 to January 1.
COLMAR : Musée Bartholdi. Bartholdi & the Philadelphia World’s Fair in 1876: September 16 to December 31.
COMPIEGNE: Château. Sovereign Destiny – Napoleon, the Tsar and the King of Spain: September 23 to January 9.
EVIAN: Palais Lumière. Bruegel, Rembrandt, Rubens – Splendors from Lichtensteins’s Royal Collections: Through October 2.
GIVERNY: Musée des Impressionismes The Clarke Institute Collection – Manet to Renoir: Through October 31.
GRENOBLE: Magazin/Contemporary Arts. Mai Thu Perret: October 9 to January 1.
LILLE: Palais des Beaux-Arts. Louis Léopold Boilly: November 4 to February 6. LaM. Retrospective André Lanskoy – A Russian Painter in Paris: September 24 to January 15.
LYON: Musée des Beaux-Arts. Etienne Marcel: October 22 to January 23. Musée des Tissus/Decorative Arts. 18th Century Costumes: Through October 2. Fashion Icon – The ‘wardrobe’ of the Black Virgin in the Notre-Dame-la-Daurade basilica in Toulouse: November 4 to March 25. Lyon Biennale: September 15 to December 31.
MENTON. The Musée Jean Cocteau/Collection Severin Wunderman opens on November 6.
METZ: Pompidou. Erre – Variations labyrinthiques : September 12 to March 5. Ronan & Erwan Bouriullec: October 7 to July 30.
MONTPELLIER : Musée Fabre. Odilon Redon: Through October 16.
NANCY: Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy. Jacques Gruber & Art Nouveau: September 16 to January 22.
NANTES: Musée des Beaux-Arts. Krijn de Koning: Through September 25. La Fabrique: On September 29, the city inaugurates a new, multi-media arts center.
NICE: MAMAC. Le Couleur en avant – 1951 to 2011: Through November 27.
MONTE CARLO: Grimaldi Forum. Royal Grandeur in European Courts: Through September 11.
POITIERS: Musée Sainte-Croix. L’Art Roman: September 16 to January 16.
ROUEN: Musée des Beaux Arts. Gérard David: October 21 to January 22.
SAINT-TROPEZ: Musée de l’Annonciade. Henri Manguin (1874-1949): Through October 3.
STRASBOURG: Beaux-Arts. 19th and 20th century landscapes. Through October 30. Modern Arts. Spiritualism in Europe from 1750 to 1950: October 8 to February 12.
Performing Arts
BORDEAUX: Opéra de Bordeaux. Tel: 05.56.00.85.95. www.opera-bordeaux.com Madame Butterfly (Puccini): September 22, 23, 25 (m), 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30; October 2 (m) & 3. Les Enfants terribles (P. Glass): November 18, 20 (m), 22, 23 & 24. The Nutcracker Suite: December 20 (m & e), 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28 (m & e), 29, 30 & 31.
LILLE: Opéra de Lille. Tel: 03.28.38.40.50. Fax: 03.28.38.40.54.
www.opera-lille.fr The Rake’s Progress (Stravinski): October 8, 11, 13, 16 & 19. Agrippine (Handel): November 5, 7 & 9. The Turn of the Screw (Britten): December 13 & 15.
LYON: Opéra National de Lyon. Tel: 04.72.00.45.00. Fax: 04.72.00.45 01. www.opera-lyon.com Maguy Marin (dance): September 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 (m). Le Nez (Shostakovitch): October 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 (m), 19 & 20. I Capeleti I Montecchi (Bellini) – concert version: November 8 & 13. La Vie Parisienne (Offenbach): November 28 & 29 ; December 1, 2, 4 (m), 5, 7 & 8. Millepied/Blanchine (Lyon Opéra Ballet): December 17, 18 (m), 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23.
MARSEILLE: Opéra de Marseille. Tel: 04.91.55.14.99. www.marseille.fr Romeo & Juliette (Gounod): October 11, 14, 16 (m) & 19. La Bohème (Puccini): December 29 & 31; January 3, 5, 8 (m) & 10.
MONACO: Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Tel: 377 98.06.28.28 www.opera.mc Mefistofele (Boito): November 13 (m), 16 & 18. Prima Donna (Vivaldi): December 9 & 10.
MONTPELLIER : Opéra de Montpellier (several locations). Tel: 04.67.61.66.16. www.orchestre-montpellier.com Rusalka (Dvorac): October 7, 9 (m) & 11. L’Arbore de Diana (Vicente Martin y Soler): November 25, 27 (m) & 29. La Belle Hélène (Offenbach) : December 28 ; January 3 & 5.
NANCY: Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine. 1, rue Sainte-Catherine, 54000 Nancy. Tel: 03.83.85.30.60. www.opera-national-lorraine.fr The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky): September 29 & 30; October 2 (m), 4 & 6. Les Noces & Rites of Spring (Stravinsky): October 23 (m), 25, 26, 27 28 & 29. Le Chauve-Souris (Strauss): December 18 (m), 20, 23, 27, 29 & 31.
NICE: Opéra de Nice. Tel: 04.92.17.40.00. Fax: 04.93.80.34.83. www.opera-nice.org. TK
STRASBOURG: Opéra national du Rhin. Tel: 03.88.75.48.00. Fax: 03.88.24.09.34. www.opera-national-du-rhin.com La Nuit de Gutenberg (Manoury): September 24,27 & 29. La Bohème (Puccini) : October 21, 23 (m) & 30 (m) ; November 2, 4 & 8. Die Fledermaus (Strauss): December 10, 12, 17, 19, 26 (m) & 27.
TOURS: Opéra de Tours. Tel: 02.47.60.20.20. www.operadetours.fr Thaïs (Massenet): October 14, 16 (m) & 18. Red Waters (Lady & Bird): November 24. Dédé (Henri Christini): December 29, 30 & 31 (m & e). Three Penny Opera (Weill): January 26, 27 & 29.