Paris Opéra

The Opéra national de Paris is France’s principal state opera company, presenting opera and ballet at venues including the Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille.

Paris Opera Ballet: The ballet company attached to the Opéra national de Paris, with roots in the seventeenth century. Ballet is a central part of the institution’s work alongside opera.
Académie Royale de Musique: The French royal institution established in 1669 to produce opera, later known as the Paris Opéra. It marks the institution’s formal foundation under Louis XIV.
Charles Garnier: French architect whose best-known work is the Palais Garnier in Paris. His opera house became the institution’s most recognizable historic home.
French grand opera: A nineteenth-century operatic genre characterized by large casts, elaborate staging, and historical subjects. The Paris Opéra commissioned and staged works that established the genre’s scale and conventions.
Paris Opera Orchestra: The resident orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris. It provides the instrumental ensemble for the company’s opera performances.
Jean-Baptiste Lully: A French composer who dominated court music under Louis XIV and helped establish French opera. As the Académie’s first director, he shaped its early repertory and organization.
Rudolf Nureyev: A Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer who directed the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989. His directorship modernized the ballet company’s repertory and raised its international profile.
Paris Opera Fire of 1873: A fire that destroyed the Salle Le Peletier, the Paris Opéra’s principal venue, in 1873. The destruction led to the construction of the Palais Garnier.
Paris Opera Chorus: The professional chorus that performs in productions of the Opéra national de Paris. Its singers form the vocal ensemble for operas staged by the institution.
French Revolution: The political upheaval in France from 1789 that ended the monarchy and transformed state institutions. Revolutionary governments reorganized the opera institution and repeatedly changed its name and status.

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