As a school of excellence, the Maitrise de l’Opéra Comique is keen to see its students as comfortable on national stages as they are in stadiums. This is why the Maîtrise will open all the Rugby matches of the World Cup (France, end 2024), with the national anthems of countries around the world. A recent program, unique in France, which breaks with codes and draws some of its students from the working-class neighborhoods of Ile de France.
With the Olympic Games just around the corner, this series is an invitation to reconnect with nature through sport.
The only military school open to minors, the “école des mousses” trains young people aged between 16 and 17 to become sailors in the French Navy in a variety of fields, including labourer, technician, cook and even marine rifleman.
To combat their disappearance, the HELP (Habitat Ecologique et Liberté des Primates) association has been working for over 30 years to protect chimpanzees by rescuing them from black markets and reintroducing them into their natural environment after a period of habituation.
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