More important, it will be ready to be revived when circumstances permit. The building’s main façade was inaugurated in 1867, but the entire opera house wasn’t opened to the public until 1875. In the case of “Aïda” at the Opéra Bastille last month, Lotte de Beer’s new production brought together a glittering cast that also included Ludovic Tézier as Amonasro and Ksenia Dudnikova as Amneris - all for a live performance on television and recorded for rebroadcast there and online. La Danse de Carpeaux Scandal Charles Garnier considered his building a true work of art, and during the works, the faade was totally masked by scaffolding so as not to betray his artists’ work. Yet despite this, thanks to the company’s status as a national institution as well as extra government support, the show has more or less gone on. The building’s main faade was inaugurated in 1867, but the entire opera house wasn’t opened to the public until 1875. And over the same period dozens of recitals, concerts and ballet evenings have also been canceled. This striking example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture is a true feast for the eyes and shows off the decadence of late 19th century Paris. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, there were no paying ticket holders for this or any opera performance in the past year at either of the Paris Opera’s two theaters, the Palais Garnier or the Opéra Bastille. Finally, the curtain comes down, the lead singers Sondra Radvanovsky and Jonas Kaufmann take their bows, and the opera house bursts into … silence.
PARIS - Three hours after Radamès devoted his famous opening aria to his beloved Aïda, the Ethiopian princess and the Egyptian general are living the last moments of their ill-fated passion. The Garnier Opera House is a jewel of the Haussmanian period with its baroque style and its gilding, work of Charles Garnier The visit takes place inside the.
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