43 - NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

Roland Petit’s first piece for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1965, Notre-Dame de Paris brings together all the ingredients of a grand spectacle. The ballet was inspired by Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, with its colourful characters: the beautiful Esmeralda, the touching Quasimodo, the machiavellian Frollo and the cynical Phoebus. Colourful and graphic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent and sets by the painter René Allio recreate the splendour of the Parisian cathedral.