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The Palais Garnier (French: [palɛ ɡaʁnje] ⓘ, Garnier Palace), also known as the Opéra Garnier (French: [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] ⓘ, Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seat [3] opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon ...
The Opéra royal de Wallonie (French pronunciation: [ɔpeʁa ʁwajal də walɔni], lit. ' Royal Opera of Wallonia ') is an opera house located on the Place de l'Opéra, in Liège, Belgium. Together with La Monnaie and the Vlaamse Opera, the Opéra royal, as it is colloquially known, is one of the three major opera houses in Belgium. From the ...
The Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris (French pronunciation: [biblijɔtɛk myze də lɔpeʁa nasjɔnal də paʁi]) is a library and museum of the Paris Opera and is located in the 9th arrondissement at 8 rue Scribe, Paris, France.
The most comprehensive revisions concern the final act, act 3. In 1894, there is no scene at the Oasis, the act opens with the monks in the Thébaïde. When Athanaël falls asleep there is an extended ballet sequence "Les Sept esprits de la Tentation" – which is modeled on Flaubert's epic poem La tentation de Saint Antoine. In it Athanaël is ...
It contains many places of cultural, historical and architectural interest, including the Palais Garnier (home to the Paris Opera), on the Place de l'Opéra, together with the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel's Café de la Paix, as well as Boulevard Haussmann, with the Galeries Lafayette and Printemps, two large department stores, in ...
In 1997, the orchestra played 1 to 2 premieres and 30 productions per season, under the auspices of the Paris Opera. The orchestra played from 1870 onwards in the Palais Garnier, the old Opera, and since its opening in 1989 in the Opéra Bastille, both locations of the Paris Opera. In 2011 there were 174 musicians in the orchestra.
Théâtre National de l'Opéra may refer to: Paris Opera, an opera company with former official title Théâtre National de l'Opéra; Salle Le Peletier, a theatre used by Théâtre National de l'Opéra 1870–1873; Palais Garnier, a theatre used by Théâtre National de l'Opéra 1875–1939
Other opera houses in Belgium, such as the Vlaamse Opera and the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, are funded by regional governments. La Monnaie is located on the Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein, not far from the Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat and the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein. The current edifice is the third theatre on the site.