Opéra-Garnier
Place de l’Opéra (9)
Underground: Opéra. RER: Aúber.
Tel. (0) 1 40 01 22 63
Visit: 10.30am-6.30pm. Closed on Sunday and holidays.
This ‘old’ opera house, inaugurated in 1875, is considered to be
the most beautiful construction of the Second Empire, even if today, due
to the Bastille-Opéra, its new competitor, it has been reduced to
showing performances of ballet only.
The modern
painted ceilings of Marc Chagall, which form a sharp contrast to the
extravagant flamboyance of the 19th century, gave rise to numerous
discussions.
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