Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique | |
_-_2021-06-14_-_1.jpg) Principal facade of the Salle Favart | |
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| Address | Place Boïeldieu, 2nd arrondissement[1] Paris |
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| Coordinates | 48°52′15″N 2°20′16″E / 48.8709°N 2.3378°E |
| Public transit | Richelieu – Drouot    |
| Type | Opera house |
| Capacity | 1200 seats[2] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1898[1] |
| Architect | Louis Bernier |
| Tenants | |
| Opéra-Comique | |
| Website | |
| www.opera-comique.com | |
The Salle Favart, officially the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, is a Paris opera house and theatre, the current home of the Opéra-Comique. It was built from 1893 to 1898 in a neo-Baroque style to the designs of the French architect Louis Bernier and is located on the Place Boïeldieu just south of the Boulevard des Italiens. For part of its history it was known as the Théâtre Royal Italien.
- ^ a b Ayers 2004, pp. 60–61.
- ^ Opéra-Comique website