An Opera for an Empire

An Opera for an Empire

90 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 23, 2021

The amazing and epic story of how the Paris Opera House, the Palais Garnier, was built from 1852 to 1870, thanks to the decisive impulse of the French Emperor Napoleon III; a story that is also that of the birth of a golden age for orchestral music, opera and ballet; of the rise of the urban bourgeoisie turned social elite; and of a certain mysterious inhabitant of the darkest corners of a legendary place.

An Opera for an Empire

90 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 23, 2021

An Opera for an Empire
The amazing and epic story of how the Paris Opera House, the Palais Garnier, was built from 1852 to 1870, thanks to the decisive impulse of the French Emperor Napoleon III; a story that is also that of the birth of a golden age for orchestral music, opera and ballet; of the rise of the urban bourgeoisie turned social elite; and of a certain mysterious inhabitant of the darkest corners of a legendary place.
Producers ARTE, Opéra National de Paris, Bel Air Media, FullDawa Films
Original title Un opéra pour un empire
Directors Patrick Cabouat
Writers Patrick Cabouat, Stéphane Landowski

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