Béziers: Arènes

Country: France
Region: Occitanie (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Department: Hérault
City: Béziers
Location: 1 avenue Jean Constans

Built 1897 as a bullring. Opened 27 June 1897 with a bullfight. From 1898 to 1911, also used for grand-scale opera and drama performances. 13096 seats.

Notable world premieres:

  • Louis Gallet: Déjanire (with incidental music by Camille Saint-Saëns; 28 Aug 1898)
  • Charles-Gaston Levadé: Les Hérétiques (1905)
  • Déodat de Séverac: Héliogabale (Aug 1910)
  • Aymé Kunc: Les Esclaves (27 Aug 1911)

Links: www.arenes-beziers.com, Wikipedia: Arènes, Wikipedia: Théâtre des Arènes

Beziers: Arenes Front Text: "Béziers - Les Arènes - Ce Monument de Construction Moderne peut recevoir 15 000 specatateurs. Des Courses des Taureaux et des Représentations y sont données en été. Pourtour extérieur : 320 m., Hauteur : 18 m"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 8 Dec 1931
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Beziers: Arenes Picture: 1902-1903 production - "Parysatis" by Jane Dieulafoy (with incidental music by Camille Saint-Saëns)
Front Text: "Parysatis", "2ème acte - La Chasse"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Vitry-le-François to Saint-Nazaire, 1904

Beziers: Arenes Picture: 1905 production - "Les Hérétiques" by Charles-Gaston Levadé
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Beziers: Arenes Picture: 1906 production - "La Vestale" by Gaspare Spontini
Front Text: "La Vestale - Opéra en 3 actes, de Spontini"
Publisher: Edition 'Modern Galeries'; Photo Delprat
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Beziers: Arenes Picture: 1906 production - "La Vestale" by Gaspare Spontini
Front Text: "La Vestale - Opéra en 3 actes, de Spontini"
Publisher: Edition 'Modern Galeries'; Photo Delprat
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Beziers: Arenes Picture: 1911 production - "Les Esclaves" by Aymé Kunc
Front Text: "Béziers - Théâtre des Arènes - Les Esclaves, Tragédie lyrique en trois Actes. Semia exprime sa douleur de la perte de ses deux enfants"
Publisher: Mazet-Pons, Béziers
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Lyon [postmark illegible]

Beziers: Arenes Reverse Text: "La Capitale du Vignoble Languedocien - 34 Béziers - Vue aérienne - Les arènes et la piscine"
Publisher: Société Editions de France, Marseille; 217/47
Size: Modern
Sent: from Sérignan to Lyon, 1979

Permanent link: https://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/4653

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