Palais Garnier Paris One year ago
Another it was one year ago today shot from France. It was incredibly hot in Paris but Mary wanted to do some shopping and we wandered round the Grands Boulevards quarter of the city . Cannot remember if we bought anything . We did pass the Palais Garnier the home of the Paris Opera to find an excellent cafe .I thought the opera house was worth a shot though the bottom of the building had to be cropped out as there was so much traffic . I would love to see a performance at the Palais Garnier the interior looks amazing and the ceiling was painted by Marc Chagall
A little info
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat 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 III. Initially referred to as "le nouvel Opéra de Paris" (the new Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, "in acknowledgment of its extraordinary opulence" and the architect Charles Garnier's plans and designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III style. It was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a new opera house, the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille.The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet. The theatre has been a monument historique of France since 1923.
The Palais Garnier has been called "probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris like Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre. This is at least partly due to its use as the setting for Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and, especially, the novel's subsequent adaptations in films and the popular 1986 musical
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Palais Garnier Paris One year ago
Another it was one year ago today shot from France. It was incredibly hot in Paris but Mary wanted to do some shopping and we wandered round the Grands Boulevards quarter of the city . Cannot remember if we bought anything . We did pass the Palais Garnier the home of the Paris Opera to find an excellent cafe .I thought the opera house was worth a shot though the bottom of the building had to be cropped out as there was so much traffic . I would love to see a performance at the Palais Garnier the interior looks amazing and the ceiling was painted by Marc Chagall
A little info
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat 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 III. Initially referred to as "le nouvel Opéra de Paris" (the new Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, "in acknowledgment of its extraordinary opulence" and the architect Charles Garnier's plans and designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III style. It was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a new opera house, the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille.The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet. The theatre has been a monument historique of France since 1923.
The Palais Garnier has been called "probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris like Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre. This is at least partly due to its use as the setting for Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and, especially, the novel's subsequent adaptations in films and the popular 1986 musical
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED