A Chance to Shop the Paris Opera’s Jewel-Encrusted Closet

Vintage ball gowns, potbellied fat suits and diaphanous tunics were among the offerings when the Paris Opera held a public ...
The New York Times

Paris Opera Takes On a Noted Conductor, Aiming to Expand Its Symphonic Offerings

Semyon Bychkov will be the musical director for a period when the opera’s performance spaces are under renovation. It’s a chance to add symphonic seasons, like at La Scala. By Roslyn Sulcas The Soviet ...
NPR

A Paris opera house created under French Emperor Napoleon III celebrates 150 years

The famous Paris opera house known as the Opera Garnier is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Emperor Napoleon III commissioned the building in the 1850s but would never see its completion.