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The Grand Foyer was designed by Charles Garnier like the galleries of the castles of the classical age. The interplay of mirrors and windows accentuates its vast dimensions. The magnificent ceiling painted by Paul Baudry depicts themes from the history of music. The lyre is the main decorative element and dominates the entire decorative vocabulary, from the capitals to the heating grills and door handles. A copy of the bust of Charles Garnier by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is located in the centre of the foyer, near one of the windows from which the view of the Avenue de l'Opéra to the Louvre can be seen. The two galleries communicate with each other, making it possible to organise gala dinners for up to 700 people.
PALAIS GARNIER
Place de l'Opéra
75009 Paris (France)
Le Grand Foyer a été conçu par Charles Garnier comme les galeries des châteaux de l’âge classique. Le jeu des miroirs et des fenêtres accentue encore ses vastes dimensions. Le magnifique plafond peint par Paul Baudry décline des thèmes de l’histoire de la musique. La lyre est l’élément décoratif principal, elle règne sur tout le vocabulaire décoratif, sur les chapiteaux comme sur les grilles de chauffage ou les poignées de porte. Une copie du buste de Charles Garnier réalisée par le sculpteur Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux se trouve au centre du foyer, près d’une des fenêtres d’où l’on découvre la perspective de l’avenue de l’Opéra jusqu’au Louvre. Les deux galeries communiquent entre elles, permettant ainsi d’organiser des dîners de Gala jusqu’à 700 personnes.
PALAIS GARNIER
Place de l'Opéra
75009 Paris
Panorama Christmas decorations on the Boulevard Haussmann from La Terrasse, the roof-deck of Galeries Lafayette in Paris on the 7th-floor.
The Eiffel Tower is visible on the right and in the middel is Palais Garnier aka Opéra Garnier, the opera house.
Vue la Terrasse des Galeries Lafayette illuminations de Noël Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier and historically was known as the Opéra de Paris or simply the Opéra, as it was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when the Opéra Bastille opened at the Place de la Bastille. The Paris Opera now mainly uses the Palais Garnier for ballet.
I stole this photo-taking idea from Matt Knisely! At first, I would lay down on my back and try to get the shot. But that was frustrating and bothersome. Then I saw Matt just put his camera on the ground with a timer then run away! So that’s what I did to get this shot… although it took a few takes to get it to line up right…
- Trey Ratcliff
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Après des années passées à visiter Paris, je n'aurai jamais cru pouvoir être encore sidéré par la beauté d'un monument comme celui ci
L'Òpera Garnier, coneguda també com a Palau Garnier o l'Òpera de París, és un edifici d'estil neobarroc que Napoleó III encarregà a l'arquitecte Charles Garnier.
Inaugurat en 1875, l'Òpera de París ocupa 11.000 metres quadrats, té una capacitat aproximada de 2200 espectadors i un extens escenari per a 450 artistes. L'edifici, monumental, està opulentament decorat amb frisos multicolors elaborats en marbre, columnes i luxoses estàtues, moltes d'elles representant a divinitats de la mitologia grega. Entre les columnes de la façana frontal hi ha busts de compositors famosos com Mozart i Beethoven. L'interior està adornat amb vellut, fulles daurades, nimfes i querubins. L'aranya de llums de l'auditori central pesa més de 6 tones i l'àrea del sostre al seu voltant té una pintura de 1964 feta per Marc Chagall, que ha estat font de moltes controvèrsies.
Aquest lloc em va recordar molt la sala dels miralls de Versailles.
Des de 1923 està inscrita com a Monument Històric francès.
This room is photographed by everyone that visits the Palais Garnier in Paris, but hopefully I have done it justice. Although ornate, it is strikingly beautiful, and unlike Versailles, it is not mobbed by tourists, so you can appreciate it!
Beautiful chandelier in the Paris Opera House ceiling 2010. The colorful mural was painted by Marc Chagall in 1964. This phoho is now available for licencing at PicFair: www.picfair.com/pics/015452477-chandelier-in-paris-opera-...
Charles Garnier (1825-1898)
Opéra de Paris, maquette de la coupe longitudinale
Entre 1984 et 1986
Maquette de Richard Peduzzi
H. 240 ; L. 578 ; P. 110 cm
Paris, musée d'Orsay
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The Palais Garnier (also known as the Opera Garnier) was probably my favorite sight in Paris. Musical theater and opera are intrinsic to my family, and this is the opera house that inspired the story of the Phantom of the Opera. They even have a box reserved for him!
Opéra de Paris, Académie Nationale de Musique.
Architect : Charles Garnier.
It was a technical prowess in the 19th century to built a Theater for nearly 2.000 people, in such a small and diamond shape space.
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You've got to love a good staircase and the Paris Opera House has plenty of those! Sadly you're not allowed to use a tripod, but we all know that just means you can use a tripod as long as no-one notices you. I'm a big fan of mixing interiors and exteriors when I visit a city. Interiors are great for during the day or if the weather is pretty bad. That can be my travel photography tip of the day.
Designed by Charles Garnier, Palais Garnier was the primary home of the Paris Opera from 1875 until 1989. Upon its inauguration during 1875, the opera house was named officially the Académie Nationale de Musique - Théâtre de l'Opéra. It retained this title until 1978 when it was re-named the Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris.
After the opera company chose the Opéra Bastille as their principal theatre upon its completion during 1989, the theatre was re-named as the Palais Garnier, though Académie Nationale de Musique is still sprawled above the columns of its front façade. In spite of the change of names and the Opera company's relocation to the Opéra Bastille, the Palais Garnier is still known by many people as the Paris Opéra, as have all of the several theatres which have served as the principal venues of the Parisian Opera and Ballet since its initiation.
This building is the inspiration and setting for the novel, The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra).
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Hand held long exposure; this is no HDR. Shot taken in Paris.
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Photo taken from when I was living in Paris. When walking the streets of Paris, always look up, there are so many lovely details to see in the architecture.
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stephanie_matharet: Tu m'appellera quand t'en auras marre de faire les trucs de touristes mouahaha ;)
Pas couché après toutes ces émotions, quelle Puissance, le Corps à lui seul est tous les livres toutes les bibliothèques:
The Opéra Garnier is a national theater which has the vocation to be an academy of music, choreography and lyric poetry; it is a major element of the heritage of the 9th district of Paris and the capital. It is located on the Place de l'Opéra, at the northern end of the Avenue de l'Opéra and at the crossroads of many roads.
The building is a particularly representative monument of the eclectic architecture and historicist style of the second half of the 19th century. Based on a design by the architect Charles Garnier, chosen following a competition, its construction, decided by Napoleon III as part of the transformation of Paris led by the prefect Haussmann and interrupted by the war of 1870, was resumed at the beginning of the Third Republic, after the destruction by fire of the opera Le Peletier in 1873. The building was inaugurated on January 5, 1875 by President Mac Mahon under the Third Republic.