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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 ...
Soixante-sept Ans a L'Opéra en une Page, 1826–1893; Paris, 1893; Wolff, Stephane. L'Opéra au Palais Garnier 1875–1962; Paris n.d. but probably 1963
The Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris (French pronunciation: [biblijɔtɛk myze də lɔpeʁa nɑsjɔnal də paʁi]) is a library and museum of the Paris Opera and is located in the 9th arrondissement at 8 rue Scribe, Paris, France.
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.
Opéra (French: ⓘ) is a station on Lines 3, 7 and 8 of the Paris Métro. It is named after the nearby Opéra Garnier . Located at the end of the Avenue de l'Opéra , it serves the district of Boulevard Haussmann .
Garnier was dominant at the Conservatoire; he was "the savior of the French school of oboe during the Revolution." [3] As oboist and flautist with the Paris Opera, Garnier participated in the premiere performances of many of the works of Grétry, Méhul, Gluck, Cherubini and Gossec, each under the composer's
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