| 1768/07/00 |
Ange-Jacques Gabriel |
Architect |
Ange-Jacques Gabriel and Blaise-Henri Arnoult commissioned by Louis XV to provide a reconfigurable performance hall suitable for concerts, spectacles, banquets and balls, to be built for the marriage of the dauphin, the future King Louis XVI. |
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| 1769/00/00 |
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The Royal Opera theatre is constructed incorporating the greatest innovations of the time, such as the oval plan, staggered levels and French-style boxes. |
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| 1770/00/00 |
Louis-Jacques Durameau |
Painter |
The sculpted decorations by Augustin Pajou and the paintings by Louis-Jacques Durameau complete the Royal Opera. Blaise-Henri Arnoult, First Theatre Technician to the King, installs the mechanics and everything relating to the stage. |
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| 1770/00/00 |
Augustin Pajou |
Sculptor |
The sculpted decorations by Augustin Pajou and the paintings by Louis-Jacques Durameau complete the Royal Opera. Blaise-Henri Arnoult, First Theatre Technician to the King, installs the mechanics and everything relating to the stage. |
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| 1770/05/16 |
Louis XVI of France |
Groom |
Habsburg Archduchess Maria Antonia marries the Dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste, in the Opera Royal at Chateau de Versailles. |
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Marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI |
| 1770/05/16 |
Marie Antoinette |
Bride |
Habsburg Archduchess Maria Antonia marries the Dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste, in the Opera Royal at Chateau de Versailles. |
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Marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI |
| 1837/06/10 |
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After a restoration commissioned by Louis-Philippe, The inauguration of the new Museum of Versailles is held in the Opera Royal. |
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| 1855/00/00 |
Queen Victoria of England |
Guest |
Napoleon III host a banquet for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. |
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| 1855/00/00 |
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III |
Host |
Napoleon III host a banquet for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. |
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| 1864/00/00 |
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III |
Host |
Napoleon III host a gala performance in the Opera Royal at Versailles for the King Consort of Spain. |
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| 1875/00/00 |
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The French Third Republic established two parliamentary assemblies: the Senate who meet in the Royal Opera and the Chamber of Deputies who occupy room built specially for the purpose in the South Wing of the palace. |
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| 1952/00/00 |
Andre Japy (architect) |
Architect |
Restoration begins on the Opera, most of the remaining original machinery is destroyed, but Durameaufor's ceiling painting is discover rolled in a storeroom. A full-height fireproof wall and iron curtain is install at the front of the stage (removed). |
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| 1957/04/09 |
Elizabeth II of England |
Dignitary |
In the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, the restored Royal Opera is inaugurated with an evening gala chaired by Rene Coty, President of the Republic. The guests attend a performance of Les Indes galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau. |
Les Indes galantes |
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