Paris: Opéra Bastille

Country: France
Department, Region: Paris, Île-de-France
City: Paris
Location: place de la Bastille

See also: Buildings of the Opéra de Paris - Chronology

Built 1985-1989 by Carlos Ott (winner of a competition with 756 entries) for the Republic of France. Acoustical consultants: Mueller-BBM with Centre Scientifique et Technique des Salles. Opened 13 July 1989 with an opera gala concert, marking the bicentennial of the destruction of the Bastille fortress, i. e. the beginning of the French Revolution. First opera performance: Berlioz's "Les Troyens" (17 mars 1990). Main auditorium: 2703 seats. The building also includes the "Amphithéâtre" (700 seats), the "Studio" (237 seats), and the "Scène de répétition - Salle Gounod" rehearsal stage. Home to the "Opéra national de Paris".

Link: www.opera-de-paris.fr

[Paris: Opera Bastille] Front Text: "Place de la Bastille"
Reverse Text: "Paris, la nuit - Place de la Bastille"
Publisher: Editions du Globe, Paris
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Paris: Opera Bastille] Front Text: "Paris par Benoît Perrin - l'Opéra de la Bastille, la colonne de Juillet"
Reverse Text: "Paris, la nuit - Place de la Bastille"
Publisher: Editions Benoît Perrin, Paris; 1989
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Paris: Opera Bastille] Front Text: "Le Port de l'Arsenal"
Reverse Text: "Paris et ses merveilles - Le Port de l'Arsenal et la place de la Bastille"
Publisher: Editions 'Guy' - Paris, Ivry-sur-Seine
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Paris: Opera Bastille] Front Text: "L'Opéra de la Bastille"
Reverse Text: "Paris - Place de la Bastille, l'Opéra et la Colonne de Juillet - the Opera House and the Colonne de Juillet - Oper und die Colonne de Juillet - Plaza de la Cárcel 'Bastille', la Ópera y la Columna de Julio - La piazza della Bastiglia,m l'Opera e la Colonna di Luglio"
Publisher: Image'In Editions
Size: Modern
Sent: from Landes to Paris, 1997

[Paris: Opera Bastille] Front Text: "Opéra de la Bastille"
Publisher: Harenberg Verlag, Dortmund; Sehnsuchts-Kalender Paris
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Paris: Opera Bastille] Ticket (24 Feb 2003)
Picture: left: Opéra Bastille auditorium, right: Opéra (Palais Garnier) auditorium
Front Text: "Opéra national de Paris"
Size:


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