Such Beauty In The Fabulous Anti Rooms And Corridors The interior is as stunning as the exterior complimented by its spectacular gold statues that glinted in the summer sunshine. It is situated at 8 rue Scribe, Place de l’Opera a stroll away from the Louvre and it’s ranked 4th out of 752 places to visit by tripadvisor. The architecture is in the Baroque style and designed by Charles Garnier who won the opportunity to design the new Opera House in a competition, (the project was designed by Napoleon III). The Palais Garnier is a magnificent building which seats 1979 people and was built between 18 for the Paris Opera. We were asked to exit through the Gift Shop, which is absolutely tacky and crass, but also just “good business.Outside The Opera National de Paris ( The Palais Garnier ) The Grand Staircase (it is almost better than the Opera House because you can see every structural element) We were told this is partially due to terrorism concerns (?) and if we knew security, police or firemen, then we could maybe gain accessĭown Under at the Palais Garnier Opera House in Paris Bonjour Paris (the Insider’s Guide)Īlthough, the Musee D’Osay has a detailed scale model of the Opera House which shows the back stage area, the scene risers, etc. We did not see the basement, where we expected to see an underground body of water

I expected to see the Chagall painting at the top of the ceiling dome. We did not see the Opera House Auditorium. (going to the Opera for Ice Cream was a new phenomena at one time) We learned about Paris, Parisian’s reaction to art and what it meant to attend the Opera many years ago

We were given very good earphones and could hear every word from our Tour Guide Patrons would arrive early to prepare and adjust themselves in a room of large mirrors, before ascending the stairs up into the opera house We met early, entering through the back, in a staging area where historically Opera Subscribers also entered. Or we suggest you buy the tickets online in advance

You could come in to the Box Office the day of the tour, where the tickets quickly sell out We secured tickets to the English Tour at the Paris Opera House We were impressed that this historic building is a working opera house with a compete schedule of performances and events, but this limited our access to all areas of the building, due to rehearsals and event set-up

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