Opera Paris

The Opera is the largest theatre for lyric opera in the world (it covers an area of 120,000 square feet and can accommodate an audience of 2000 and 450 performers on the stage).

Designed by Gamier and built between 1862 and 1875, it is the most typical monument of the era of Napoleon 111. An ample stairway leads up to the first of the two orders into which the facade is divided, with its large arcades and robust pillars, in front of which are numerous marble groups. The finest is the one in front of the second pillar on the right: The Dance, by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. The second order consists of tall double columns framing large windows; above is an attic, with exuberant decoration, on which the flattened cupola rests. The interior is just as highly adorned: its great staircase is enriched by marbles, the vault is decorated with paintings by Isidore Pils and the hall has a large fresco by Marc Chagall (1966).



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