Péniche Opéra Explained

La Péniche Opéra is a small French opera company which performs on a barge. When performing in Paris, the barge is moored opposite of No.46, quai de Loire, in the 19th district of Paris.^{[1] [2]}

It was founded by director Mireille Larroche, Ivan Matiakh, Béatrice Cramoix and Pierre Danais in 1982, and became recognised, and subsidised as a Compagnie Lyrique Nationale in 1998.^[3] The "barge opera" was in residence at the Paris Opéra Comique from 1998 to 2007 but has travelled by canal to be associated artist of the Opéra de Toulon from 2003 to 2007.^[4]

Since 9 March 2016, it's being managed by Geoffroy Jourdain and Olivier Michel, who changed the institution's brand to POP.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Time Out Paris Time Out Guides Ltd - 2005 p318 "Peniche Opera is an enterprising boat-based company that produces a programme of chamber-scale shows; it's directed by the indefatigable Mireille Larroche."
2. Le Petit Futé Seine-et-Marne 2011 -p53 ed. _Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias La péniche opéra en résidence en Seine-et-Marne La Péniche Opéra est une compagnie de théâtre lyrique et musical créée en 1982 et proposant ses spectacles à bord d'une péniche.
3. F. Guillemonat Playing it Softly from culturegates.info " Two notable exceptions should be mentioned: Danielle Ory, director of the Metz opera, and Mireille Laroche, working director of a small opera production company: la Péniche opera, sparingly subsidised by the Ministry of Culture."
4. http://www.penicheopera.com/qui_sommes_nous/qui_sommes_nous.php French homepage, article
5. Web site: la Péniche Opéra devient La POP Forum Opéra. 2020-10-21. www.forumopera.com. fr.