What opera house both housed the Paris National Opera and frequently featured Vasyl Slipak?
Vasyl Slipak Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak (Ukrainian: Василь Ярославович Сліпак , December 20, 1974 – June 29, 2016) was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer. From 1994 he frequently performed in France at such venues as Paris Opera and Opéra Bastille. For his opera performance, Slipak received several awards, including "Best Male Performance" for the Toreador Song. Apart from opera, he was posthumously awarded the title of "Hero of Ukraine" for his work as a volunteer soldier.
2nd arrondissement of Paris The 2nd arrondissement ("2 arrondissement") is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. Located on the right bank of the River Seine, the 2nd arrondissement, together with the adjacent 8th and 9th arrondissements, hosts an important business district, centred on the Paris Opéra, which houses the city's most dense concentration of business activities. The arrondissement contains the former Paris Bourse (stock exchange) and a large number of banking headquarters, as well as a textile district, known as the Sentier, and the Opéra-Comique concert hall.