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Opéra Garnier | Palace Garnier - Paris, France.
One of of the most opulent opera houses and palaces ever imagined and built can be found in Paris. The Opéra Garnier, designed by and named after its architect Charles Garnier, opened in 1875 after taking 14 years to build. It is known for being the setting of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel "The Phantom of the Opera." But what it's best known for is its over-the-top lavish interior, done mostly in Neo-Baroque and Beaux Arts style. The Palace is lit with crystal chandeliers and filled with multicolored marble, columns, and lavish statuary portraying Greek mythology deities.
Seen here is the entrance to the famed marble Grand Staircase which only gives you a small preview of the magnificence that lies ahead.
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Public domain chromolithograph of the Palais Garnier at night in the late nineteenth century that was altered with the Topaz Clarity plug-in (low contrast and color pop effect), then the Topaz Clean plug-in (contrast boost edgy effect), then the Topaz DeJPEG plug-in, then the Topaz DeNoise plug-in, then the Topaz ReStyle plug-in (warm harvest sundown effect), and then the Topaz Impression plug-in (color pencil 3 brush 7 effect). 8"x12". Public domain image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access program.
This beautiful scale model is in the Musée d'Orsay.
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, or the Sacré Coeur Basilica. 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 Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular 1986 musical.
Begun in Second Empire Paris and finished in the Belle Epoque, this building by Charles Garnier is one of the icons of Paris and probably the world's most famous opera house. The theatricality of the architecture and design of the public spaces made the show outside the audience hall as important as anything going on on stage.
The Grand Foyer - Palais Garnier - Paris, France.
Definitely not something you'd describe as understated elegance, the Grand Foyer at the Palace Garnier is, in all its grandiose meaning, opulent and over-the-top much like the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. It was modeled upon the Grand Théatre de Bordeaux and the elegant French and Italian residences of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Palace Garnier was built from 1861 to 1875. It is also the house of the Paris Opera - the Opera Garnier which is one of the most famous opera houses in the world.
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Here is the famous chandelier from the Opera Garnier - the one that falls on the audience at the end of the first act of the Phantom of the Opera! I'd be a bit nervous sitting under it during a performance, particularly if they were performing the musical!
Of course, it's a replica, like many things I saw, and the ceiling is a Marc Chagall painting that was installed in the 1960s. It features famous scenes from operas.
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This opera box at the Paris Opera House was actually designed by Charles Garnier for Napoleon III but the French leader did not live to see the completion of Opéra Garnier. But it is where the Phantom sits.
Today, while the novel "The Phantom of the Opera" by French writer Gaston Leroux is almost forgotten and there are regular tours for French children to remind them, for British and Americans the success of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adds a very different thrill to this view.
The Grand Staircase - Opera Garnier | Palais Garnier - Paris, France.
Only one of the many great features of the Palace Garnier is its Grand Staircase that, true to its name, welcomes you in a grand way as you enter the palace. The double staircases, surrounded by colorful marble columns and balconies, bring you to different levels of the palace and its beautiful foyers. Guests to the opera would mingle here while waiting for the next performance.
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From the roof-top café of Printemps
Boulevard Haussmann
Paris, 9ème
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Palais Garnier(Paris Opera)Place de l'Opéra,Built 1861-1875,Charles Garnier Architect.Paris France-35mm Olympus Stylus Epic,Ilford XP2 400
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.
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.
This is an HDR image of 3 shots taken from Basilica de Sacre Coeur. In the foreground is the Opera Garnier. In the right background is Les Invalides. You can make out the giant Ferris wheel on the far right which sits on the Champs Elysees.
These little ballerina outfits in the museum store at the Opéra Garnier de Paris brought back memories. As a child I was very much the tomboy (not a big surprise to anyone who knows me these many decades later). When I was six all the girls in my neighborhood were taking ballet lessons from a washed up ballerina who lived in the area. I loved the puffy dresses and did have my own dance routine that I believed I was entertaining my parents with in the evenings, so my Mom enrolled me in ballet class. I think it was about the third week and the old ballerina suggested that maybe I should go back to playing football with the neighborhood boys. I jumped at the opportunity and started my long career of sitting in the audience and enjoying my friends perform the Nutcracker.
Ah Paris, thank you for the memories.
The Chandelier. Fans of The Phantom Of The Opera will know it. Paintings on the ceiling have been created by Marc Chagall.
Comenzó a nevar sobre París....y lejos de parar nada, todo seguía su ritmo, incluso ese ejecutivo hablando con su móvil.
Nevando....incluso resulta más romántica esta ciudad
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France, and was the 5th largest region by GDP in the world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.
The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, and the first located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015.
Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2018, with 10.2 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.
The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Garnier
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was 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 (pronounced [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] French About this sound (help·info)) 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.
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, or the Sacré Coeur Basilica." 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. Another contributing factor is that among the buildings constructed in Paris during the Second Empire, besides being the most expensive, it has been described as the only one that is "unquestionably a masterpiece of the first rank." This opinion is far from unanimous however: the 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier once described it as "a lying art" and contended that the "Garnier movement is a décor of the grave".
The Palais Garnier also houses the Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum), although the Library-Museum is no longer managed by the Opera and is part of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. The museum is included in unaccompanied tours of the Palais Garnier.