

Behind the stage are the rehearsal rooms where Degas often sketched. The dome sits above the audience and orchestra, the high roof over the stage. was meant to be much more than a theater in the ordinary sense.įor Charles Garnier, an architect of the Ecole des beaux-arts, it was a setting for a ritual in which the spectators were also actors, participants in the rite of social encounter, seeing and being seen." The division of the structure supports his vision. Small scale and contemporary works are also staged in the 500-seat Amphitheatre under the Opra Bastille. The glittering centerpiece of the new Paris. Currently called the Opra national de Paris, it primarily produces operas at its modern 2700-seat theatre Opra Bastille which opened in 1989, and ballets and some classical operas at the older 1970-seat Palais Garnier which opened in 1875. Marvin Trachtenberg & Isabel Hyman have called the huge Opéra house, "the new cathedral of bourgeois Paris. Frequented by Degas and the source for much of his ballet imagery, the Paris Opéra is key to understanding the somewhat perverse culture of voyeurism and spectacle among the prosperous classes of the Second Empire. And don't forget New Year's Eve and New Year's Day concerts.Ĭheck the line-up by month below to find top concerts and performances happening today, this weekend, and future months, along with dates, location, schedule, and ticket information for easy booking.The Paris Opéra (1860–75), designed by Charles Garnier, is one of the jewels of Napoleon III's newly reconstructed city. A remarkably rich program for the Paris Opera House. Live music in Paris takes place in a variety of venues: classical concerts in historic cathedrals, huge concert arenas, intimate jazz clubs, parks and outdoor stages, festivals, and iconic music halls and cabarets.Ĭhrismas concerts in Paris draw especially large audiences.

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