#opera garnier paris

[lamarchesacasati]

John Galliano for Christian Dior, Haute Couture, Spring Summer Collection, 1998.

Tribute to Marchesa Luisa Casati.

Not long after his arrival at Christian Dior, John Galliano invited us all to Paris’s Opera Garnier, where he staged what was probably his most lavish spectacle ever for the house on its grand marble steps. With the Marchesa Luisa Casati for a muse, the clothes looked straight out of an early 20th-century salon or ball. There were backless velvet gowns in Art Nouveau prints, opera coats with deep mink trim, lace sheaths and skirtsuits, and rose-strewn picture hats. And for the finale? A shower of pastel-colored tissue-paper confetti cut into the shape of tiny butterflies. Pure magic. (x)

[mote-historie]

Jules-René Hervé, Night at Opera Garnier in Paris, 1930

[escapismsworld]

The Opera Garnier, is a renowned opera house in Paris, France. Designed by the architect Charles Garnier, it is a masterpiece of Second Empire architecture and was inaugurated in 1875. The Opera Garnier is celebrated for its opulent and ornate interiors, including the famous grand staircase, chandeliers, and Marc Chagall-painted ceiling. It continues to host ballet and opera performances and is an iconic symbol of Parisian cultural heritage.

📸: Andrea Perotta, Constance de Tourniel

[depressed-linguist]

opéra garnier, paris

[ancientsstudies]

Opéra Garnier by jbperraudin.

[inthedarktrees]

Marina Baydarova watching her sister, Tania Baydarova, put on make-up

Paris Opera | Walter Sanders, Life, 1949

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Opera Garnier à Paris

[livesunique]

Palais Garnier, Paris, France

[la-novellista]

Opera Garnier, Paris

[hannahleah]

Model Claude Heidemeyer in the roof of the Opéra Garnier, Paris, 1986 by Manfred Thierry Mugler

[paperandsong]

Illustration of the Palais Garnier from Ludwig Bemelman's Madeline, 1939

[lamarchesacasati]

John Galliano for Christian Dior, Haute Couture, Spring Summer Collection, 1998.  

Models: Eva Herzigova, Eugenia Silva, Debra Shaw, Phoebe O'Brien, Astrid Muñoz, Jade Parfitt & Suzanne Von Aichinger. 

Tribute to Marchesa Luisa Casati.

Opera Garnier, Paris.

[wheel-of-fish]

Not sure who might find this interesting/helpful, but I just found this calendar of all of the productions shown at the Paris Opera in January 1881. Note that "masked ball" is listed for Jan. 29!

The other available Opera calendars (from 1671–1981) are located here on Gallica.

[mote-historie]

Brassaï, Gala à l’Opéra Garnier, Paris, France, 1930

[ideas-on-paper]

The inspiration behind the Estella Opera House

PSA for everyone who doesn't know: The Estella Opera House in Lies of P is based on the Opéra Garnier in Paris.

Source 1, Source 2

Built from 1861 to 1875, it served as Paris's main opera house during the Belle Époque and a center of cultural life. To top things off, the Opéra Garnier is also the original setting for the story of The Phantom of the Opera: Some strange occurrences in the opera's past - such as mysterious noises coming from underground during the first performance and the unresolved accident of a chandelier counterweight crashing down and killing the concierge Madame Chomette - spawned the tale of a specter haunting the opera. The secret passageways of the cellar and rumors of a subterranean lake only fueled the myth, which was eventually used by Gaston Leroux as the basis for his famous novel.

In fact, the blazing, swinging chandelier and the access to the basement located in the same room are most likely a reference to this.

[wanderinginjuly]