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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
Around 1863 Charles Nuitter had begun cataloging the Opera's archives, and on 15 May 1866, he became the official archivist. He also published several books on the history of the company. [3] Théodore Lajarte was appointed librarian in 1873 and embarked on the systematic organization of the Opera's scores and instrumental parts. In 1876 he ...
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
Thaïs (French pronunciation:) is an opera, a comédie lyrique in three acts and seven tableaux, by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France. It was first performed at the Opéra Garnier in Paris on 16 March 1894, starring the American soprano Sibyl Sanderson , for whom Massenet had ...
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 ...
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 .
Today the company's official name is Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, and its theatre, with a capacity of around 1,248 seats, sometimes referred to as the Salle Favart (the third on this site), is located at Place Boïeldieu in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Palais Garnier, one of the theatres of the Paris Opéra. The ...