The current price range at the Bastille Opera, which opened last March, has five categories ranging from $7.25 to $67.

At the same time, the Bastille Opera will be awarded the monopoly on operas.

"I'm not interested in power," he said over lunch at a restaurant beside the Bastille Opera.

Nevertheless, enough went right during the evening to suggest that the Bastille Opera may have taken a faltering first step in the right direction.

But the Bastille Opera and its music director gambled and won.

"What is the difference between the Bastille Opera and the Titanic?"

So, too, the story of the Bastille Opera is studded with blunders.

"We want to start with a success, but it will be two or three years before we can see how the Bastille Opera is really doing."

Last month at the Bastille Opera he conducted it for the first time.

Even the Bastille Opera is attacked more for its management than its appearance.

The current price range at the Bastille Opera, which opened last March, has five categories ranging from $7.25 to $67.

At the same time, the Bastille Opera will be awarded the monopoly on operas.

"I'm not interested in power," he said over lunch at a restaurant beside the Bastille Opera.

Nevertheless, enough went right during the evening to suggest that the Bastille Opera may have taken a faltering first step in the right direction.

But the Bastille Opera and its music director gambled and won.

"What is the difference between the Bastille Opera and the Titanic?"

So, too, the story of the Bastille Opera is studded with blunders.

"We want to start with a success, but it will be two or three years before we can see how the Bastille Opera is really doing."

Last month at the Bastille Opera he conducted it for the first time.

Even the Bastille Opera is attacked more for its management than its appearance.