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An Opera for an Empire

“The epic story of the construction of the legendary Paris Opera House”

Director
Patrick Cabouat
Year
2021
Runtime
1h 30m
Release
2021
Language
fr
Country
FR

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #architecture
  • #history
  • #politics
  • #creation
  • #documentary

  • Directed by

    Patrick Cabouat

  • Written by

    Stéphane Landowski & Patrick Cabouat

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