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The Salle Le Peletier or Lepeletier (sometimes referred to as the Salle de la rue Le Peletier or the Opéra Le Peletier) was the home of the Paris Opera from 1821 until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873.
The Salle Le Peletier (sometimes referred to as the Salle de la rue Le Peletier or the Opéra Le Peletier) was the home of the Paris Opera from 1821 until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873. The theatre was designed and constructed by the architect François Debret on the site of the former Hôtel de Choiseul. [2]
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Although designed and built to be a temporary theatre following the assassination of the Duc de Berry, the Salle Le Peletier would host the Opera for fifty-two glittering years which were highly productive artistically.
Although designed and built to be a temporary theatre following the assassination of the Duc de Berry, the Salle Le Peletier would host the Opera for fifty-two glittering years which were highly productive artistically.
Inaugurated in August 1821, the theatre in the rue Le Peletier was the “home” of grand opera, where all the great masterpieces in the genre were first performed. Hastily erected, it replaced the opera house in the rue Richelieu which was demolished after the assassination of the Duke de Berry, heir to the French crown.
Sep 29, 2022 · The many legends that inspired the Phantom are shrouded in as much mystery as the character himself. One story goes that in 1873, a stage fire destroyed the Paris Opera company's old venue, the Salle Le Peletier. (That part is true.) A ballerina died and her fiancé, a pianist, was disfigured.
In 1821, the company moved to the Salle Le Peletier, which had a capacity of 1900 spectators and where it remained until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873. In the second half of the 19th century, with the ascension of Napoleon III in 1851, the name Académie Impériale de Musique was reinstated and after 1870 with the formation of the ...
