Located in the Palais Garnier, the Opéra Garnier is an impressive Neo-Baroque building from the nineteenth century that together with the Bastille Opéra makes up the Paris Opera. This building was the setting for the famous novel by Gastón Leroux, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. It was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989. The Paris Opera now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet.
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The building features a large ceremonial staircase of white marble with a balustrade of red and green marble, which divides into two divergent flights of stairs that lead to the Grand Foyer. Its design was inspired by Victor Louis's grand staircase for the Theatre de Bordeaux.
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Grand Foyer is 18 metres (59 ft) high, 154 metres (505 ft) long and 13 metres (43 ft) wide, was designed to act as a drawing room for Paris society.
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The Grand Foyer is flanked by two octagonal salons that are accessed from the Avant Foyer.
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The over the door panel of the eastern salon, The Salon du Soleil, is a painting of Apollo Receiving the Lyre by Jules-Elie Delaunayin.
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The auditorium has a traditional Italian horseshoe shape and can seat 1,979. The stage is the largest in Europe and can accommodate as many as 450 artists.
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Palais Garnier Auditorium[/URL]
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Palais Garnier Auditorium[/URL]
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Auditorium Ceiling by Marc Chagall[/URL]
The Palais Garnier also houses the Bibliotheque-Musee de l'Opera de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum) which is home to nearly 600,000 documents including 100,000 books, 1,680 periodicals, 10,000 programs, letters, 100,000 photographs, sketches of costumes and sets, posters and historical administrative records.
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In addition to the Grand Staircase The Palais Garner has two spiral staircase.
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Spiral Staircase, Palais Garnier[/URL]
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Palais Garnier Rotunda
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Palais Garnier (L'Opera)[/URL]The building features a large ceremonial staircase of white marble with a balustrade of red and green marble, which divides into two divergent flights of stairs that lead to the Grand Foyer. Its design was inspired by Victor Louis's grand staircase for the Theatre de Bordeaux.
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Grand Staircase[/URL][url=https://flic.kr/p/2fz1mnb]
Grand Staircase, Palais Garnier[/URL]Grand Foyer is 18 metres (59 ft) high, 154 metres (505 ft) long and 13 metres (43 ft) wide, was designed to act as a drawing room for Paris society.
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Grand Foyer Columns, Palais Garnier[/URL]The Grand Foyer is flanked by two octagonal salons that are accessed from the Avant Foyer.
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Avant Foyer Ceiling[/URL]The over the door panel of the eastern salon, The Salon du Soleil, is a painting of Apollo Receiving the Lyre by Jules-Elie Delaunayin.
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Salon du Soleil[/URL]The auditorium has a traditional Italian horseshoe shape and can seat 1,979. The stage is the largest in Europe and can accommodate as many as 450 artists.
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Palais Garnier Auditorium[/URL][url=https://flic.kr/p/2fzS3gb]
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Auditorium Ceiling by Marc Chagall[/URL]The Palais Garnier also houses the Bibliotheque-Musee de l'Opera de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum) which is home to nearly 600,000 documents including 100,000 books, 1,680 periodicals, 10,000 programs, letters, 100,000 photographs, sketches of costumes and sets, posters and historical administrative records.
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Palais Garnier Library[/URL]In addition to the Grand Staircase The Palais Garner has two spiral staircase.
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Spiral Staircase, Palais Garnier[/URL][url=https://flic.kr/p/RTdvAZ]
Spiral Staircase, Palais Garnier[/URL]Palais Garnier Rotunda
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