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Colette Masson

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Colette Masson began her career in 1966 when she met the lyric singer Régine Crespin. For forty years, she photographed the shows and the artists which marked the history of dance and lyric art in France, from the Garnier Opera house, to the Champs-Elysées Theater, or the festivals of Aix-en-Provence and Orange, from Nureyev and Pina Bausch to Placido Domingo and Pierre Boulez. The work she did with Maurice Béjart resulted in more than a thousand negatives that cover the entire career of the artist. Roger-Viollet is the exclusive distributor of Colette Masson's production -close to 600,000 negatives - worldwide.

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Roger-Viollet | 351773 | La Bayadère , choreography by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus. Isabelle Guérin and Nicolas Le Riche. Paris, Opera Garnier, October 1992. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
74796-13 DG
"La Bayadère", choreography by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus. Isabelle [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 899226 | Don Quichotte du Trocadéro , choreographic essay and video stage design by José Montalvo. Composer: Leon Minkus. Costumes: José Montalvo, Siegrid Petit-Imbert. Lights: Gilles Druand, Vincent Paoli. Sandra Mercky. Paris, Théâtre National de Chaillot, on January 10, 2013. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
74679-11 DG
"Don Quichotte du Trocadéro", choreographic essay and video stage design by José Montalvo. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 972562 | Carmen . Choreography and lights: Antonio Gades. Dramatist and director: Antonio Gades, Carlos Saura. Composze: Georges Bizet. Texts: Federico Garcia Lorca. Antonio Gades dance company, Maria José Lopez. Paris, Palais des Congrès, on December 26, 2012. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
74565-5 DG
"Carmen". Choreography and lights: Antonio Gades. Dramatist and director: Antonio Gades, Carlos [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 686230 | Don Quixote , ballet based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev. Composer: Ludwig Minkus. Conductor: Kevin Rhodes. Stage design: Alexandre Beliaev. Costumes: Elena Rivkina. Lights: Philippe Albaric. Ludmila Pagliero and Karl Paquette. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on November 15, 2012. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
74026-16 DG
"Don Quixote", ballet based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 813159 | Agon , ballet by George Balanchine. Composer : Igor Stravinsky. Paris Orchestra conducted by Fayçal Karoui. Mathieu Ganio, Christophe Duquenne, Alessio Carbone and Nicolas Le Riche. Paris, Palais Garnier, on September 21, 2012. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
72671-2 DG
"Agon", ballet by George Balanchine. Composer : Igor Stravinsky. Paris Orchestra conducted by [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 864180 | Paquita , ballet composed by Ludwig Minkus. Choreography : Pierre Lacotte. Stage design and costumes : Luisa Spinatelli. Lights : Philippe Albaric. Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris conducted by Philippe Hui. Dancer : Marie-Agnès Gillot. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on October 16, 2010. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
52460-13 DG
"Paquita", ballet composed by Ludwig Minkus. Choreography : Pierre Lacotte. Stage design and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 810878 | Le Jeune homme et la mort by Johann Sebastian Bach. Choreography and direction: Roland Petit. Stage design: Georges Wakhevitch. Costumes: Karinska. Jérémie Belingard. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on September 18, 2010. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
51954-11 DG
"Le Jeune homme et la mort" by Johann Sebastian Bach. Choreography and direction: Roland Petit. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 906589 | Sablier prison , choreography by Paolo Bortoluzzi and Carolyn Carlson, music by John Surman. Créteil, January 1975. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
43846-6 DG
"Sablier prison", choreography by Paolo Bortoluzzi and Carolyn Carlson, music by John Surman. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 448416 | Giselle . Ekatarina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev. Paris, Palais des Sports, January 1987. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
43505-4 DG
"Giselle". Ekatarina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev. Paris, Palais des Sports, January 1987.
 
Roger-Viollet | 955418 | White Darkness composed by Karl Jenkins. Choreography: Nacho Duato. Stage design: Jaffar Al Chalabi. Lights: Joop Caboort. Costumes: Lourdes Frias. Marie-Agnès Gillot. The Opéra de Paris company. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on April 28, 2009. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
43555-2 DG
"White Darkness" composed by Karl Jenkins. Choreography: Nacho Duato. Stage design: Jaffar Al [...]
Roger-Viollet | 860809 | Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler. Choreography : John Neumeier. Composer : Gustav Mahler. Nicolas Le Riche, Jérémie Belingard, Stéphane Bullion, Alessio Carbone and Karl Paquette. Paris Opera ballet company. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on March 11, 2009. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
42655-2 DG
Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler. Choreography : John Neumeier. Composer : Gustav Mahler. Nicolas Le [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 827891 | Giselle . Choreography : Leonid Lavrovsky after Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli. Natalia Bessmertnova. Paris, Opéra Garnier, December 1977. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
40600-1 DG
"Giselle". Choreography : Leonid Lavrovsky after Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli. Natalia [...]
Roger-Viollet | 632637 | Mouvement, rythme, étude . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : Pierre Henry. Sylvie Guillem and Eric Vu-An. Opéra de Paris, June 1985. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
39932-2 DG
"Mouvement, rythme, étude". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : Pierre Henry. Sylvie Guillem and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 714140 | Tchaikovsky . Choreography : Patrice Bart. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nicholas Ziegler. Helsinki (Finland), on April 28, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
26372-14 DG
"Tchaikovsky". Choreography : Patrice Bart. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nicholas Ziegler. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 608655 | Salomé . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : Riccardo Drigo. Patrick Dupond. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on March 29, 2004. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22371-7 DG
"Salomé". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : Riccardo Drigo. Patrick Dupond. Paris, Opéra [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 624383 | Phaedra's dream . Choreography: Martha Graham. Rudolf Nureyev, Christine Dalcin, George White. Paris, Opera Garnier, January 1984. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22652-18 DG
"Phaedra's dream". Choreography: Martha Graham. Rudolf Nureyev, Christine Dalcin, George White. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1070285 | Agon . Choreography : George Balanchine. Music : Igor Stravinsky. Elisabeth Platel. Paris, Opéra Garnier, May 1986. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25557-19 DG
"Agon". Choreography : George Balanchine. Music : Igor Stravinsky. Elisabeth Platel. Paris, Opéra [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 472117 | Alas , choreography and stage design : Nacho Duato. Direction : Tomaz Pandur. Costumes : Angelina Atlagic. Lights : Brad Fields. Troupe : Compania Nacional de Danza. Nacho Duato. Paris, théâtre du Châtelet, on May 11, 2008. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
37867-6 DG
"Alas", choreography and stage design : Nacho Duato. Direction : Tomaz Pandur. Costumes : Angelina [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 486409 | Vaslaw . Choreography : John Neumeier. Music : Johann Sebastian Bach. Patrick Dupond. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on May 22, 1992. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
33912-1 DG
"Vaslaw". Choreography : John Neumeier. Music : Johann Sebastian Bach. Patrick Dupond. Paris, Opéra [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 195574 | A Midsummer Night's Dream , after the play by William Shakespeare. Choreography : John Neumeier. Music : Félix Mendelssohn and György Ligeti. Jean-Yves Lormeau and Noëlla Pontois. Opéra de Paris, May 1982. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
27305-4 DG
"A Midsummer Night's Dream", after the play by William Shakespeare. Choreography : John Neumeier. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 962249 | Commedia . Choreography by and with Carolyn Carlson. Music : Michel Portal. Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, April 1993. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
27305-12 DG
"Commedia". Choreography by and with Carolyn Carlson. Music : Michel Portal. Paris, Théâtre de la [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 963694 | Tristan . Choreography : Glen Tetley. Carolyn Carlson and Rudolf Nureyev. Paris, Opéra Garnier, December 1974. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
27396-8 DG
"Tristan". Choreography : Glen Tetley. Carolyn Carlson and Rudolf Nureyev. Paris, Opéra Garnier, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 743320 | Temptations of the Moon . Choreography by Martha Graham. Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Patrick Dupond. Paris, Opéra Bastille, January 1995. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
26713-5 DG
"Temptations of the Moon". Choreography by Martha Graham. Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Patrick [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 432574 | Etudes . Choreographer : Harald Lander. Nicolas Le Riche. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on September 21, 2004. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25030-7 DG
"Etudes". Choreographer : Harald Lander. Nicolas Le Riche. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on September 21, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 540743 | Temptation of the Moon . Choreography by Martha Graham. Marie-Claude Pietragalla. Paris, Opéra Bastille, January 1995. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
24904-25 DG
"Temptation of the Moon". Choreography by Martha Graham. Marie-Claude Pietragalla. Paris, Opéra [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 899787 | Amoveo , ballet by Benjamin Millepied. Composer : Philip Glass. Aurélie Dupont and Nicolas Le Riche. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on November 9, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23332-2 DG
"Amoveo", ballet by Benjamin Millepied. Composer : Philip Glass. Aurélie Dupont and Nicolas Le [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 439270 | La Vie du danseur, racontée par Zig et Puce , after the work by Alain Saint-Ogan. Music : Pierre Henry, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Rolling Stones and Richard Wagner. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Gil Roman, Ruth Miro and the Béjart Ballet Lausanne dance company. Lausanne (Switzerland), Théâtre de Beaulieu, on October 17, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23210-5 DG
"La Vie du danseur, racontée par Zig et Puce", after the work by Alain Saint-Ogan. Music : Pierre [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 809120 | Leda . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Maya Plisetskaya and Jorge Donn. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23086-20 DG
"Leda". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Maya Plisetskaya and Jorge Donn.
 
Roger-Viollet | 848952 | Héliogabale (Elagabalus), ballet on a traditional music from Chad. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Lights : Clément Cayrol. Costumes : Henri Davila. Karline Marion, Sthan Kabar-Louet and the Béjart Ballet Lausanne dance company. Paris, Palais des Sports, on May 25, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23069-3 DG
"Héliogabale" (Elagabalus), ballet on a traditional music from Chad. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 947235 | Romeo and Juliet , ballet composed by Hector Berlioz, after the play by William Shakespeare. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Reader : Delphine Seyrig. Lights : Clément Cayrol. Costumes : Henri Davila. Kateryna Shalkina, Julien Favreau and the Béjar Ballet Lausanne dance company. Paris, Palais des Sports, on May 25, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23069-15 DG
"Romeo and Juliet", ballet composed by Hector Berlioz, after the play by William Shakespeare. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 320747 | Boléro . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Composer : Maurice Ravel. Jorge Donn. Paris, Palais des Congrès, on February 13, 1988. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23076-16 DG
"Boléro". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Composer : Maurice Ravel. Jorge Donn. Paris, Palais des [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1030533 | Tchaikovsky by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreography: Patrice Bart. Libretto: Marguerite Ghislaine Juramie. Stage design and costumes: Luisa Spinatelli. Lights: Marion Hewlett. Orchestra and company of the Helsinki Opera. Arranger and conductor: Ermanno Florio. Nicholas Ziegler, Jani Talo. Opera of Helsinki (Finland), on April 28, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22652-7 DG
"Tchaikovsky" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreography: Patrice Bart. Libretto: Marguerite [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 649035 | Sleeping beauty . Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa. Costumes : Franca Squarciapino. Stage design : Ezio Frigerio. Lights : Vinicio Cheli. Orchestra of the Paris national Opera conducted by Vello Pähn. Elisabeth Platel. Paris, Opera Bastille, on January 30, 1997. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22652-16 DG
"Sleeping beauty". Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev after Marius [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1036566 | Boléro , ballet on a music by Maurice Ravel. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Lights : Clément Cayrol. Stage design and costumes : Maurice Béjart. Ballet company of the Paris Opera. Conductor : Vello Pahn. Marie-Agnès Gillot. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on June 22, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22482-5 DG
"Boléro", ballet on a music by Maurice Ravel. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Lights : Clément [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 843190 | The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias), ballet on a music by Frédéric Chopin, after Alexandre Dumas. Choreography : John Neumeier. Stage design and costumes : Jürgen Rose. Lights : Rolf Warter. Paris Opera national orchestra conducted by Michael Schmidtsdorff. Aurélie Dupont and Manuel Legris. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on June 19, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22450-5 DG
The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias), ballet on a music by Frédéric Chopin, after [...]
Roger-Viollet | 734738 | Messe pour le temps futur , ballet choreographed by Maurice Béjart. Shonach Mirk and Ronald Perry. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22378-9 DG
"Messe pour le temps futur", ballet choreographed by Maurice Béjart. Shonach Mirk and Ronald Perry.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1050439 | Ring um den Ring . Choreography by and with Maurice Béjart. Paris, Opéra Garnier, March 1990. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22379-2 DG
"Ring um den Ring". Choreography by and with Maurice Béjart. Paris, Opéra Garnier, March 1990.
 
Roger-Viollet | 807515 | Le Jeune homme et la mort , ballet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Choreographer : Roland Petit. Stage design : Georges Wakhevitch. Conductor : Paul Connelly. Nicolas Le Riche. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on July 1st, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22371-9 DG
"Le Jeune homme et la mort", ballet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Choreographer : Roland [...]
Roger-Viollet | 240608 | Sylvia . Choreography : John Neumeier. Music : Léo Delibes. Eleonora Abbagnato and Delphine Moussin. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on December 19, 2002. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22371-17 DG
"Sylvia". Choreography : John Neumeier. Music : Léo Delibes. Eleonora Abbagnato and Delphine [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 530804 | The Temple dancer (La Bayadère), ballet choreographed and directed by Rudolf Nureyev. Composer : Ludwig Minkus. Lights : Vinicio Cheli. Stage design : Ezio Frigerio. Costumes : Franca Squarciapino. Compagnie and orchestra : Opéra de Paris. Conductor : Pavel Sorokin. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on March 2nd, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22372-2 DG
The Temple dancer (La Bayadère), ballet choreographed and directed by Rudolf Nureyev. Composer : [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 780134 | Symphony No. 9 . Music : Ludwig van Beethoven. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on May 23, 1996. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22377-7 DG
"Symphony No. 9". Music : Ludwig van Beethoven. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Paris, Opéra [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 637049 | Casta Diva à l'IRCAM. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Maurice Béjart and Yann Le Gac. Paris, March 1980. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22291-1 DG
"Casta Diva" à l'IRCAM. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Maurice Béjart and Yann Le Gac. Paris, March [...]