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Flash News, 10-8: Paris Opera Cancels
Weekend Performances
Action Follows Strike Threat by Major Union, Opera Says
By Paul Ben-Itzak
Copyright 2001 The Dance Insider
PARIS -- The directors of the Paris
Opera continued to negotiate today with the powerful CGT union, hoping to resume
performing after a strike threat by the CGT forced the last-minute cancellations
of ballet and opera performances over the weekend.
In a stunning move rivalling any
drama the stage could produce, the Opera cancelled Friday night's performances
of Roland Petit's ballet "Notre Dame de Paris" at the Palais Garnier, and the
opera "Atila" at the Bastille Opera House hours before curtain-time. Saturday
performances of the ballet were also cancelled.
In a statement issued Friday night,
opera management said it had decided to cancel the performances and offer refunds
after, it said, the CGT refused to rescind a threat to strike on behalf of certain
technical workers. The refusal came in spite of offers put on the table by Opera
management, the statement said.
Well turned-out Parisians and tourists
who showed up at the Garnier Friday expecting to see the ballet were instead directed
to a line where they could get refunds.
The CGT is acting on behalf of workers
who are employed by production, as opposed to for the whole season, the newspaper
Liberation reported Saturday.
CGT representatives could not be
reached for comment. A representative of the Opera press service reached Monday
could say only that the dispute was not about money.She said the two sides continued
to negotiate this afternoon, and that the Opera was hopeful of resuming with tonight's
sold-out performance of "Notre Dame de Paris," the last of the season featuring
star dancer Isabelle Guerin in the featured role of Esmeralda.
"Notre Dame de Paris," which the
Ballet performs every other season, is the first production of the 2001-2002 season.
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