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Opera house on wheels brings French culture to rural towns

Veit Blümlhuber
May 15, 2025

A mobile theater brings contemporary opera to villages in France's southern Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. It is a completely new experience for many residents.

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Fabrice Gervaise has a day and a half to construct a 100-seat opera house near a harbor in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone, a town on France's southern coast between Montpellier and Marseille.

The mobile theater will showcase a small contemporary opera, giving these rural French residents a musical experience they wouldn't usually have access to.

Find out more about the initiative trying to spread culture to every corner of France.