II.7. WHAT OPÉRA TOURS WON'T SAY: OBSERVATION AND THE USUAL STORY CLASH

MENU: 2.7. What Opéra tours won't say

"LOOK AT THE IMPORTANCE WE GIVE TO CULTURE!" IS THE OFFICIAL MESSAGE OF THE MID-19TH CENTURY'S MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING

(1861-1874)

Often one needs specialized information to challenge accepted views. Here observing is enough.

     Christopher Dickey

Richard Nahem

The Palais Garnier, named after its architect Charles Garnier or called simply "l'Opéra," towers over a new 19th-century city.

In brief  

• A palace for a new elite 

• Backers, sex and money

• Blackout? 

• From nymphs to Nazis: How the Opéra girls saved the City of Love

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A palace for a new elite