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There's no need to scan the local papers for the sales dates of your favourite stores in Paris, be they Galeries Lafayette, Printemps or Au Bon Marché. The whole nation visits the January sales at the same time.
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Charles Workman sings the title role in Mozart's <i>Idomeneo, re di Creta</i> at the Palais Garnier. Making her Opéra de Paris debut is French baroque expert Emmanuelle Haïm, conducting this revival of Luc Bondy's La Scala Milan/Teatro Real Madrid co-production.
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Plastic at the ready! Over 1000 shops, from boutiques to <i>grands magasins</i>, participate in the January Sales, offering discounts as high as 70 per cent. Sales are standardised in France meaning shops can only open to bargain-hunters on authorised days.
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Graham Vick's production of Verdi's epic Spanish tragedy <i>Don Carlo</i> (Italian 1884 four-act version) returns to the Opéra Bastille. Carlo Rizzi conducts Stefano Secco (again in the title role) and, as the princess he is meant to marry, Sondra Radvanovsky.
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William Christie conducts his Les Arts Florissants in Handel's <i>Giulio Cesare</i> at Paris' Salle Pleyel, with an all-star cast. Joining Cecilia Bartoli (Cleopatra), are countertenors Andreas Scholl (Caesar) and Philippe Jaroussky (Sesto) as well as Nathalie Stutzmann (Cornelia).
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Every February and March, France face their European rivals in Six Nations rugby union internationals at the Stade de France. The championship is the oldest rugby tournament in the world, having existed in one form or another for 120 years.
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Every Valentine's Day Paris's announcement boards are given over to all those lovers out there. Over 170 electronic panels in all 20 Parisian districts, generally used for mundane city information, carry messages, from admissions of infatuation to marriage proposals.
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Thursday at Paris superclub Queen is Overkitsch night and Valentine's Day is no exception. A good alternative on 14 February for those keen to avoid romancing couples and Parisian clichés.
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Paris' Chinese community celebrates the dawning of the Year of the Tiger. A colourful parade featuring giant serpents, firecrackers, music and dancing takes place in the heart of Chinatown, between Place d'Italie and the Porte de Choisy, in the 13th arrondissement.
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Paris offers a thousand ways to say <i>je t'aime</i>. Take your Valentine to Montmartre's Wall of Love to read declarations in 300 tongues, amble through the Bois de Boulogne then treat yourselves to designer Frédéric Malle scents and Fauchon chocolates.
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