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PA00089004. The Palais Garnier ( French: [palɛ ɡaʁnje] ⓘ, Garnier Palace), also known as Opéra Garnier ( French: [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] ⓘ, Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seat [ 3] opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor ...
Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. It included the demolition of medieval neighbourhoods that were deemed overcrowded and unhealthy by officials at the time, the building of wide ...
The Exposition Universelle of 1889 ( French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl] ), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937. [ a] It attracted more than thirty-two ...
However, Garnier's corpse is conclusively identified. Holmes then theorizes that the Phantom was Edouard LaFosse, Garnier's (fictional) assistant, who designed much of the Opera's interior and who allegedly died after a building collapse. Holmes theorizes that he did not die, but was merely disfigured and therefore took to hiding in the Opera.
Season 1, Episode 5. Emily Cooper just can't help but add every accessories category to her outfit. A bucket hat, a scarf, knee-high socks, and a top handle bag just make sense in her wardrobe ...
The Phantom of the Opera. (novel) One of the five watercolors by André Castaigne illustrating the first American edition of the Phantom of the Opera (1911). The Phantom of the Opera ( French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909 to 8 January ...
Place Vendôme. The Place Vendôme ( French pronunciation: [plas vɑ̃dom] ), earlier known as the Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as the Place Internationale, is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix.
The following list gives number of performances of grand opera at the Paris Opera from premiere to 1962, (as given by Stéphane Wolff, Albert Soubies and other sources). Work. Premiere. Number of performances. Last performance.