| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1862/01/13 | Charles Garnier | Architect | The pouring of the Paris Opera's concrete foundation begins. | |||
| 1862/01/13 | Emile Benard | Associate Architect | The pouring of the Paris Opera's concrete foundation begins. | |||
| 1875/01/05 | Opening night of the Paris Opera, program includes William Tell overture and "The Consecration of the Swords" from the opera "Les Huguenots". | Les Huguenots (opera) | ||||
| 1875/01/05 | Opening night of the Paris Opera, program includes William Tell overture and "The Consecration of the Swords" from the opera "Les Huguenots". | Guillaume Tell | ||||
| 1878/06/00 | Yablochkov electric arc lamps installed along the Avenue de l'Opera and the Place de l'Opera are energized by Zenobe Gramme dynamos. | 1878 Exposition Universelle | ||||
| 1910/06/04 | Ballets Russes | Ballet Company | At Diaghilev's Ballets Russes premeires "Scheherazade" at the Theatre de l'Opera, Paris. Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine, Composer: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Librettist: Leon Bakst and Mikhail Fokine | |||
| 1927/04/07 | Abel Gance | Director | Napoleon premieres at the Palais Garnier | Napoleon |
| Particulars for Palais Garnier: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Design | Decorative Arts |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Building Design | Opera House |
| Architectural Style | Second Empire |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
| Current Use | Theatre |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Misery (short story) | Short Story |
|
Guy de Maupassant | |
| The Cold Embrace (Short Story) | Short Story | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | But, in spite of all, he finds the opera-house, where there is a masked ball. | |
| The Phantom of the Opera (film) | Film | Rupert Julian | Setting |
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