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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 ...
L'Opéra au Palais Garnier 1875–1962; Paris n.d. but probably 1963 ^ Charlton, David. The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera , p. 187, available online at Google Books.
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.
L'Africaine (The African Woman) is an 1865 French grand opéra in five acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Eugène Scribe.Meyerbeer and Scribe began working on the opera in 1837, using the title L'Africaine, but around 1852 changed the plot to portray fictitious events in the life of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and introduced the working title Vasco de Gama, the ...
Note: This category contains articles about only those operas and ballets which received their world premiere (first ever) staged performances at the Paris Opera.Note that the company has had several changes of name and of venue.
The Olympia (French pronunciation:; commonly known as L'Olympia or in the English-speaking world as Olympia Hall) [2] is a concert venue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France, located at 28 Boulevard des Capucines, equally distancing Madeleine church and Opéra Garnier, 300 metres (980 ft) north of Vendôme square.
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.
The neo-Baroque facade is an adaptation of Garnier's design for the Opéra, and the elaborate exterior and interior decoration shows the influence of both Garnier and Daumet. [4] The auditorium has a horseshoe shape with four galleries, a traditional design with roots reaching as far back as the 17th century.