Gala Dinner
Reservations at the Opera ticket office
from June 30 2026
noemie.defreitas@opera-nancy.fr
We are delighted to welcome back Sophie Bricaire for this new edition of the Gala Dinner, an invitation into a world of illusion, enchantment and make-believe. This year, the evening draws inspiration from Georges Méliès — his whimsical moons, apparitions and cinematic dream machines — but also from the world of fairground entertainment, with its delightfully old-fashioned charm, sideshows and penny-arcade magic. Street performers, conjurers, witches, music-hall figures and theatrical characters wander through an atmosphere where wonder springs as much from performance itself as from illusion. The repertoire lends itself perfectly to this celebration. Jacques Offenbach naturally takes centre stage, from Le Roi Carotte to Le Voyage dans la Lune, with their taste for disguise, fantasy and irony. But the evening will also venture into the worlds of Les Saltimbanques by Louis Ganne, Mozart’s Magic Flute, and the great imaginative realms of Orphée and Faust. More than a dinner, this is a dazzling old-world celebration in which, for one night only, the Opera becomes a theatre of illusions.
Individuals
- Individual Ticket: €300
- Package: Includes a €150 donation (66% of the donation amount is deductible from personal income tax).
- Net Cost after Tax Deduction: €201 per person.
Orfeo Circle Patrons
- Individual Ticket: €285 (after a €15 reduction per person), including a €150 donation.
- Net Cost after Tax Deduction: €186 per person.
Companies
- Individual Ticket: €300
- Package: Includes a €150 donation (60% of the donation amount is deductible from corporate tax).
- Net Cost after Tax Deduction: €210 per person.
Conductor
Marco Orazio Vallone
Directed by
Sophie Bricaire
Assistant Director
Suzie Baret-Fabry
Featuring artists from the Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine
Dinner by Charles Coulombeau, Michelin-starred chef of the restaurants La Maison dans le Parc in Nancy and Yozora at the Centre Pompidou-Metz.