Both the Opéra de Paris and the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris perform in the space as well as in their more modern second home, The Opéra Bastille. The Palais Garnier opened in 1875 and was designed by Charles Garnier (after whom it is named) as a new home for the Opéra de Paris. If you’re so awe-inspired by everything I’m about to tell you, I highly recommend booking this tour yourself next time you go to Paris. You might be reading this thinking “that sounds boring” or “meh the opera house is not on my must-see list” but for me, it was so perfect and so memorable. I talk a lot about tailoring your travels (and Paris especially) to you and this was the most Shannon activity we could have done. Which made this my absolute favorite part of the trip. So not only was I seeing the building that inspired the book and eventually the musical, but I was getting a full tour with all the little secrets. Phantom was also the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I’m a soprano who does Chicago area theatre, as well as working a day job in the advertising field at a musical theatre company, because if you’ve gotta pay the bills you might as well have a 9-5 in an industry you love. This kicked off my lifelong love of musical theatre and eventually a dual career. I would run around the grocery store at the age of three singing Phantom while other kids were singing Barney and adults were giving my parents strange looks for having a toddler singing complex musical theatre scores. If you read my 7 Day Paris Itinerary post, then you know one of the highlights of our trip was visiting and touring the main opera house in Paris - the Palais Garnier.įor some backstory - when I was a kid the number one CD I recall being on repeat in my house was an Andrew Llyod Webber Best of Collection and my favorite tracks were from The Phantom of the Opera. Links like these always go to relevant products and services and the commission earned helps keep this blog running. Just a note - some of the links below may be affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you purchase through them.
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