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The Salle Favart, officially the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, is a Paris opera house and theatre, the current home of the Opéra-Comique. It was built from 1893 to 1898 in a neo-Baroque style to the designs of the French architect Louis Bernier and is located on the Place Boïeldieu just south of the Boulevard des Italiens .
- 1200 seats
- Richelieu – Drouot
- Place Boïeldieu, 2nd arrondissement, Paris
- Opera house
Originally built for the Opéra-Comique in 1783, it had been home to the Théâtre-Italien since 1815. On April 19 th, 1820, the Opera opened its new season with Sacchini’s Œdipe à Colone and Nina ou la Folle par amour, a ballet in two acts by Milon and Persuis.
In 1840, the Opéra-Comique company settled in the second Salle Favart (architect Louis Charpentier; 1,500 seats), built on the site of the first theatre, destroyed by fire in 1838. The new house was inaugurated with a revival of Hérold's Le Pré aux clercs .
- 1714
- Foire Saint-Germain
- Catherine Baron, Louis Gaultier de St. Edme
9/14 Salle Favart. Following the assassination of the Duc de Berry at the Opera, the theatre in the Rue de Richelieu was permanently closed and King Louis XVIII ordered the construction of a temporary theatre. Whilst that work was underway, the Opera moved to the Salle Favart for a season.
The Opéra Comique is also named the Salle Favart after Justine and Charles-Simon Favart, librettist and playwright, who both led to its development. When it was built, the current Salle Favart was considered on the leading hedge of technology as it was fully equipped with electricity.
A unique setting. This 1,200-seat performance hall has witnessed the creation of the greatest successes of the lyric repertoire (Carmen, Manon, L’inondation ...) and is proud to reveal the stars of tomorrow. The 1 Salle Favart was renovated in 2015 to restore the lustre of its ornaments and offer more comfort in terms of air-conditioning.
2nd Salle Favart erected to the design by Jean-Jacques Huvé and Louis Réguier de Guerchy with a capacity of 1200 seats. ( detail ) 25.5.1887 | fire Salle Favart burnt down with 84 victims, because of faulty gas lighting placed above the stage during the first act of an opera performance.
