Director Peter Sellars triumphs with Rameaus “Castor” at the Paris Opera.

Director Peter Sellars triumphs at the Paris Opera with “Castor et Pollux” by Jean-Philippe Rameau. And explains in conversation why the piece is revolutionary and, of course, a masterpiece.

The Paris audience in the Palais Garnier, the oldest, magnificent opera building of the city, cheers and rages overjoyed. Because the singer Jeanine de Bique conjures up absolutely love for love. Because the conductor Teodor Currentzis slides through the sounds like a dancer and elicits all the thinking and unthinkable of virtuosity, sound loss and clay space. Because an omnipresent and Vitalwilde troops from Flexn dancers completely rocked the audience. Flexn is a street dance art created in Brooklyn 30 years ago; The young dancers drive the action acrobatically for three hours.