Fez — Marrakech’s cultural calendar is giving center stage to the performing arts this month as the “Auditorium Pierre Bergé” at the “Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech” presents a March 2026 program built around the meeting point between cinema and opera.
The initiative brings together film screenings and lyrical performance in a format designed to be both demanding and accessible, inviting audiences to move between the language of the screen and the emotional force of the operatic stage.
As part of the museum’s ciné-club, the program places a particular emphasis on spectacle, gesture, and dramatic intensity.
Organizers have described the monthlong program as a celebration of the imagination of performance, opening space for audiences to engage with dance, stage expression, and cinematic interpretation in a single cultural setting.
The ciné-club is also being offered free of charge on an exceptional basis, reinforcing the institution’s effort to widen access to high-quality programming in Marrakech.
A month shaped by performance
One of the major highlights of the program is the live broadcast of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” presented as a key moment in the month’s lineup. Long regarded as one of the defining works of the Romantic operatic repertoire, the production offers audiences an immersive encounter with a work known for its emotional intensity, musical ambition, and enduring influence on modern stage art.
The choice of “Tristan und Isolde” also fits the broader logic of the program. Rather than treating cinema and opera as separate worlds, the March schedule shows how both forms rely on rhythm, presence, passion, and visual composition to move audiences.
In that sense, the auditorium is drawing attention to the two arts’ shared language of performance.
Ramadan-adjusted schedule
The museum has also adapted screening times to the rhythm of Ramadan. At the beginning of the month, projections are scheduled for 8 p.m., before returning to the auditorium’s usual 7 p.m. time slot later in the period. That adjustment reflects a practical sensitivity to the season while preserving the continuity of the program across the rest of the month.
Located within the “Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech,” the “Auditorium Pierre Bergé” has steadily strengthened its place in the city’s cultural life through film, music, talks, and interdisciplinary events.
The March 2026 lineup expands that role by positioning the venue as more than a screening room or concert hall. It is being presented as a space where artistic forms meet, overlap, and deepen one another.
