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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 ...
After the Emperor's death in 1873 and the proclamation of the French Third Republic in 1870, President Mac-Mahon refused to use this Pavilion as a private space for the head of state. Charles Nuitter succeeded in compelling Charles Garnier to transform the pavilion into a space for the conservation of the Opera's books and archives.
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 ...
The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris [ɔpeʁa də paʁi] ⓘ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra, and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the Académie Royale de Musique, but continued to be known more simply as the Opéra.
Les martyrs (French version of Poliuto) 1840: 20: 1842 La reine de Chypre (Halévy) 1841: 152: 1878 Charles VI (Halévy) 1843: 61: 1850 Dom Sébastien (Donizetti) 1843: 33: 1849 Marie Stuart (Niedermeyer) 1844: 1846; revived in 2002 Jérusalem : 1847: 20: 1849 Le prophète (Meyerbeer) 1849: 573: 1912 L'enfant prodigue (Auber) 1850 Les vêpres ...
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In the nineteenth century, much of the work of foreign composers was performed. The State determined the number of versions and exercised censorship. There were 1 to 7 premieres and 30 productions per season. In 1870 the company moved to the new Opera Building, now Palais Garnier. A library was set up.
Le roi de Lahore ("The king of Lahore") is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet.It was first performed at the Palais Garnier in Paris on 27 April 1877 in costumes designed by Eugène Lacoste and settings designed by Jean Émile Daran (Act I, scene 1), Auguste Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon (Act I, scene 2; Act V), Louis Chéret (Act II), Jean ...