La Précieuse Ridicule

As some may know, I've been quite obsessed recently with Paris and its environs in 1850, 1851 and so on. In fact, I neither have any special feelings for this place and time, nor I know much about it - but the necessity is for me to learn more about it.

Firstly, I was quite bothered by the fact that Grand Opéra, Garnier's chef-d'œuvre wasn't even planned to be constructed. So where were the operas on then? Fortunately, after a while Wikipedia produced an answer, which is the topic of this entry. From 1821 until 1873 Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, also known as Salle de la rue Le Peletier (for the street where it was situated) was what one calls "Opera House".



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