Paris: Théâtre de l'Opéra (Palais Garnier)

Country: France
City: Paris
Region: Île-de-France
Department: Paris
Location: Place de l'Opéra

See also: Buildings of the Opéra de Paris - Chronology

Built 1862-1875 as "Académie nationale de Musique - Théâtre de l'Opéra" by Charles Garnier. Opened 5 January 1875 with an opera and ballet gala. 1964 new auditorium ceiling painting by Marc Chagall. 1969 restoration of electrical facilities. 1978 addition of new ballet rehearsal rooms inside the existing dome by Jean-Loup Roubert. Re-named "Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris" in 1978. Restoration works since 1994. 2300 seats.

Renamed "Palais Garnier" after the opening of the Opéra Bastille in 1989. Used for opera and ballet performances by the "Opéra national de Paris".

Notable world premieres:

  • Jules Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore (27 Apr 1877)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Henri VIII (5 May 1883)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Ascanio (21 Mar 1890)
  • Jules Massenet: Thaïs (16 Mar 1894)
  • Augusta Holmès: La Montagne-Noire (8 Feb 1895)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Les Barbares (20 Oct 1901)
  • Camille Erlanger: Le Fils d l'étoile (17 Apr 1904)
  • Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (25 June 1910)
  • Richard Strauss: Josephs Legende (14 May 1914)
  • César Franck: Rebecca (25 May 1918)
  • Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella (15 May 1920)
  • Maurice Ravel: Boléro (22 Nov 1928)
  • Albéric Magnard: Guercoeur (24 Apr 1931)
  • Darius Milhaud: Maximilien (4 Jan 1932)
  • Reynaldo Hahn: Le Marchand de Venise (24 Mar 1935)
  • George Enescu: Oedipe (13 Mar 1936)
  • Alban Berg: Lulu (completed version by Friedrich Cerha, 24 Feb 1979)
  • Olivier Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise (1983)

Links: www.opera-de-paris.fr, EUTA, Wikipedia

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Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Théâtre de l'Opéra", "Architecte: Charles Garnier, 1875"
Reverse Text: "Théâtre de l'Opéra, Architecte: Charles Garnier - 1875. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris"
Publisher: Editions Hazan, Paris; 1728
Type: 20th/21st-century reproduction of a 19th century architectural drawing
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paul Tetar van Elven (1823-1896) 'Carnaval to Parijs', 1880, Balkonzal Concertgebouw Amsterdam"
Type: 21st-century reproduction of an 1880 painting
Publisher: Art Unlimited, Amsterdam; A 5298
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Théâtre de l'Opéra", "Souvenir du Bon Marché"
Publisher: Bon Marché, Paris
Type: hold-to-light cut-out chromolithograph with coloured transparent paper
Size: 16 x 11 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Opéra"
Publisher: BAM(?), Paris
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris", "L'Opéra"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München (Germany) to Oberammergau (Germany), 1900

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris", "Grand Opéra"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "l'Opéra", signed: Loir Luigi
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Antibes, 1904

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "L'Opéra Paris"
Publisher: Killinger & Faivret - E. de Koenig, Importé
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris. Rue Auber. Opéra", signed: Georges Stein
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "Opéra"
Publisher: Ancienne Maison Aubry, Mme Grolleau Succr, Tours
Size: 8.2 x 5.5 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "L'Opéra"
Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris; La Lithographie Parisienne, Paris
Size: 13.5 x 10.7 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "La Danse"
Publisher: Chocolat Poulain; Série Les Arts
Size: 6.5 x 10.4 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "Place de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Chicorée Arlatte, Cambrai
Type: collectible card in the shape of a painter's palette
Size: ca. 12 x 9 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "La Entretien des Voies publiques", "Le pavage en bois" [wooden block pavement]
Publisher: Compagnie Liebig
Size: 10.7 x 6.9 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "L'Opéra"
Publisher: Aux Élégantes, A. Collas, Tours; Lith. Minot & Cie., Paris
Size: 7.5 x 11.1 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "Paris - Opéra"
Publisher: La Chicorée extra à l'Ècolière, Alphonse Leroux, Orchies; Th. Wartel Imp.-Edit., Lille
Size: 11.0 x 6.8 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Front Text: "Grosstadtleben: Paris - Grosse Oper"
Publisher: Liebig
Size: 11.0 cm x 6.9 cm

Tell - Theater aller Zeiten - series 102 - Picture #4 Collectible Card
Front Text: "Bild No. 5", "Die grosse Oper zu Paris"
Reverse Text: "Anfahrt der Wagen vor der grossen Oper zu Paris. Ein farbensprühendes lebendiges Bild entrollt sich vor unseren Augen, wenn wir uns an den Eingang der grossen Oper zu Paris versetzen, wo vor Beginn der Vorstellungen Wagen auf Wagen vorfahren. Herren und Damen in duftigen Abendtoiletten entsteigen den Gespannen und begeben sich in den lichtdurchfluteten Theaterbau, der mit allem Luxus der neuen Zeit ausgestattet ist."
Publisher: Hartwig & Vogel, Dresden; Tell-Cacao; Series 102 "Theater aller Zeiten", No. 4)
Size: 10.7 x 7.0 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Advertising Stamp
Front Text: "Faites vos achats Avenue de l'Opéra"
Size: 4.2 x 3.0 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Image
Front Text: "Les Capitales, Paris, L'Opéra"
Publisher: Félix Pontin; Série IX, No. 1
Size: 5.2 x 4.0 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris la nuit", "Sortie du Bal de l'Opéra"
Publisher: ND Phot [Neurdein]
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Düsseldorf (Germany), 1899

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Publisher: A. Noyer, Paris; No. 2
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Théâtre national de l'Opéra"
Stamped Revere Text: "Ch. Giraud Dessinateur, deposé"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: within Paris, 1904

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: portraits and caricatures of opera personalities in front of the Théatre de l'Opéra (for the legend see larger scan)
Front Text: "L'Opéra"
Publisher: C. L. C., Paris
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Rouen, 1905

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra", signed: Arthur Grube
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Fils Ltd., Paris; Série 687
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Place de l'Opéra", advertisement for Diabète-Dyspepsie, Pain Fougeron, Paris/Vichy
Publisher: Stabron(?), Paris
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Ville de Paris - Opéra"
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Oilette"; Wide Wide World Series - Paris; 7169
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra, Le Grand Hôtel et le Café de la Paix"
Publisher: LL [= Lévy, Paris]; 611
Type: Divided Back; Moonlight Card
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: foreground: Métro exit staircase
Front Text: "Paris, L'Opéra"
Reverse Text: "Paris. L'Opéra. - Commencé en 1861, par Charles Garnier; son inauguration a eu lieu le 5 janvier 1875. C'Est un véritable chef-d'œuvre d'Architecture d'un luxe sompteux à l'intérieur, d'un style superbe dans sa façade."
Publisher: Raphael Tuck et Fils Ltd., Paris; Oilette; Collection "Villes de France"; Sèrie 110 "Paris", No. 70
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris, Façade de l'Opéra, Entrée principale"
Reverse Text: "Paris - Opéra - Entrée principale"
Publisher: Raphael Tuck et Fils Ltd., Paris; Oilette "Une Soirée à l'Opéra"; Serie No. 136 P
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "La sortie de l'Opéra", "Ce que nos yeux voient.", signed: Xavier Sager
Publisher: B. M. Paris; 516
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Bordeaux, 1912

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: by German Forces' Postal Service, from "Feldpoststation Nr. 3 der 6. Armee" to Berlin (Germany), 1915

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris. - L'Opéra et la place de l'Opéra"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - La place de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Chocolats & Thé de la Cie Coloniale
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Opéra", signed: H. G.
Publisher: Imp. Ch. Courmont, Paris; Edition Française. Série A. T. No. 148
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Panorama du Quartier de l'Opéra pris en ballon (altitude 700m)"
Publisher: J. Hauser, phot.-édit., Paris; 941
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Pleumartin, 1911

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Au bord du Dirigeable militaire Eclaireur-Conté - Panorama vers l'Opéra. Altitude 290 m."
Publisher: J. Hauser, phot.-édit., Paris; 2512
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Neuvéglise, 1913

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris, L'Opéra, vu du Boulevard Haussmann"
Publisher: C.L.C.; 663
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra vu de la Rue Scribe"
Publisher: C.M.; 131
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Opéra sur la rue Halévy"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Opéra"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Reims, 1908

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Opéra - Côté de la rue Auber"
Reverse Text: advertising "Arome Maggi"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Vue panoramique prise de l'Opéra sur Montmartre"
Publisher: Editions Unic, Paris; 49
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Cognac, 1911

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Apollon de A. Millet. Groupe ornant le Dôme de l'Opéra"
Publisher: C. M.; 706
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra - Bas-Relief"
Publisher: LL [Lévy Fils]; 72
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Opéra - 'La Danse', groupe par Carpeaux" [sculpture group 'The Dance' by Carpeaux]
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Monument de Charles Garnier. Architecte de l'Opéra"
Publisher: C.L.C.; 537
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - Opéra - La Loggia"
Publisher: C.L.C.; 739
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Marvejols, 1908

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: queues at a day of a performance with free entrance
Front Text: "Paris-Instantané. Les abords de l'Opéra, un jour de Représentation gratuite"
Publisher: L'Imprimerie Nouvelle Photographiqe, Paris; LL; 24
Type: Stereo Card; Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: sand sculpture of the Opéra on the beach of Cayeux-sur-Mer (Picardie)
Front Text: "Cayeux-sur-Mer - Construction Artistique en sable l'Opéra"
Publisher: Chapuzot, photographe
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Cayeux-sur-Mer to Paris, 1912

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: during a blackout during World War I
Reverse Text: "La Grande Guerre. Paris dans les tenèbres. La Place de l'Opéra à 9 heures."
Type: Moonlight Card; Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Place de l'Opéra, Paris. July 14th, 1919."
Publisher: Hunters, Buxton
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Publisher: C. H., Paris; Série 35
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "L'Opéra", signed: Joulyne Ortega
Publisher: Stern, Paris
Type: Folded Greeting Card; ca. 1960-1980s card showing ca. 1920s fashion
Size: 12.5 x 16.5 cm (folded)

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Collectible Card
Picture: Opéra; scene from Massenet's "Manon"
Front Text: "Paris L''Opera'", "'Manon' par Massenet à L''Opera'"
Publisher: Liebig; Series S1163 "Théâtres d'opéra renommés"; 1924
Size: 11 x 7 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "À l'Opéra", signed: Juhlin
Publisher: Ela
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris-la-nuit - Opéra, Opera Theatre"
Publisher: E. Papeghin, Paris; A. P.; 1
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris la nuit - Paris by night. Illuminations de la Place de l'Opèra"
Publisher: Photo et Imp. Patras, Paris; 36
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - La Place de l'Opéra"
Type: Glitter Card; Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris (9e) - L'Opéra - Construit par Charles Garnier (1861-1874) - Académie Nationale de Musique - Superficie: 11.235 m.c. La Scène mesure 15 m. de hauteur et autant de large. La Salle contient 2.300 places. L'Emplacement a coûté 10 millions - La construction 17 millions"
Publisher: L. Boisson, Paris
Type: Glitter Card; Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "oust ! au Mont-Dore", "les Orateurs surmenés - les Chanteurs fatigués"
Reverse Text: "Le Mont-Dore, Capitale mondiale de l'Asthme (Auvergne) Cure thermale des voies respiratoires [...]"
Type: Advertisement Card for the spa town Mont-Dore
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris - L'Opéra"
Publisher: PPD (?); 2012 J
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 23 Jan 1944
Publisher: Aéro-Photo, Paris [with permission from the German occupators: "Freigegeben durch R. L. M. Kontr. No. 42001"]
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "La foule Place de l'Opéra après la prise de la Kommandantur. The crowd Place de l'Opéra after the taking of the Kommandantur." [25 Aug 1944]
Publisher: Editions O. P., diffusé par Photo-Presse-Libération
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Si à Paris il y a vait la mer!...", "Le Théâtre de L'Opéra"
Reverse Text: "Carte Postale Humoristique"
Publisher: Importé d'Italie
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris to Zandvoort (Netherlands), 1951

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Stamp (France, 1954)
Text: "Fleurs et parfums"

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Kees Scherer, Le Baiser de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Biri Publications, Amsterdam
Type: late 20th-century/early 21st-century postcard reproduction of a 1954 photograph
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: signed: Bernard Buffet 55
Type: Blank Back
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'opéra"
Publisher: Editions art-chap; 1341C
Type: folded greeting card
Size: 9.4 x 11.6 cm (folded)

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris, Place de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Art Pictural, Paris; Collection Aqua Pictura
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra - Café de la Paix"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1961
Publisher: Editions 'C'est Paris', Paris
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Théâtre de l'Opéra [...]", signed: J. L. Pesch
Reverse Text: "Calendrier 1963"
Type: foldable calendar
Size: 26.8 x 19.1 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: signed: Legendre
Inside Text: "Meilleurs Vœux et Souhaits Sincères"
Reverse Text: "M. Legendre, Paris - Opéra, Café de la Paix"
Publisher: N. D. F.
Type: Folded Greeting Card
Size: 15.0 x 10.5 cm (folded)

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: signed: Vargas
Reverse Text: "Pedro Vargas - Paysage (huile 52 x 45 cm). 5. Paris - Opéra"
Publisher: Éditions Krisarts, Paris; 1968
Type: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Couleurs et lumière de France - 75 - Paris - L'Opéra"
Publisher: Editions d'art Yvon, Paris
Size: Modern
Sent: from Vincennes to Hamburg (Germany), 1968

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris - Place de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Editions Chantal, Paris; 520
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris - La Place de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Editions Chantal, Paris; 520
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris - La belle époque. Le petit rat de l'Opéra."
Publisher: Editions 'C'est Paris', Paris; 1969
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Stamp and postmark (France, 3 March 1971): "1782 Esprit Auber 1871"
Reverse Text: "Les hommes celèbres, Esprit Auber, d'après Pheulpin"
Publisher: Editions CEF, Nice
Type: Maximum Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: signed: Attilio
Reverse Text: "Paris - Opéra et Café de la Paix"
Publisher: Editions 'C'est Paris', Paris; 1972
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris - L'Opéra"
Publisher: Edition PeP, Paris; 75-8; "Carte lumineuse dans l'obscurité après exposition à la lumiére"
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "N. Dolgorukov. Parizh. Grand-Opera. Glavny fasad. N. Dolgorukov. Paris. L'Opéra. La Façade principale"
Publisher: Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo; Moskva; 1974
Size: Modern
>Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: signed: Yves Brayer
Reverse Text: "Paris par... Yves Brayer. L'Opéra de nuit (Aquarelle 48 x 63 cm)"
Publisher: Editions Chantal, Paris; G 6
Size: Modern
Sent: from Paris to Biarritz, 1979

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris - L'Opéra et le Café de la Paix"
Publisher: Edit. Chantal, Paris; IRIS; Mexichrome
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris, L'Opéra"
Publisher: Lyna, Paris; 1173
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris est ses merveilles... Le Théâtre de l'Opèra (1862-1875). Académie Nationale de Musique. La façade en marbre de couleur (architecte: Charles Garnier)."
Publisher: Editions Guy, Paris
Size: Modern
Sent: from Paris to Middelburg (Netherlands), 1985

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris et ses merveilles. La place (1854) et le théâtre de l'Opéra (1862-1875)"
Publisher: André Leconte, Paris, Ed. d'Art Guy; 5037
Size: Modern
Sent: from Paris to Mars, 1965

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris - L'Opéra et le Café de la Paix - Opera-house and Café de la Paix - Oper und Café de la Paix - Teatro dell'opera e Café de la Paix - L'Opera: construit à Paris de 1862 à 1874 par l'architecte 'Charles Garnier'"
Publisher: Edition Alfred Ziethen, Paris
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: painting by Kojiro Akagi (1934-2021)
Reverse Text: "L'Opéra Palais Garnier. 1975 - 38 x 45 cm. Collection le Paris d'Akagi", "Kojiro Akagi peint Paris avec passion depuis 35 ans. Véritable témoin de son temps, 111 de ses œuvres sont au musée Carnavalet"
Publisher: SA Carton, Valmondois
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: strike of the stagehands 1978/1979
Front Text: "Opéra : Grève de décembre 1978-janvier 1979 - Manifestation du 17 janvier sur le parvis de l'Opéra"
Publisher: L'œil du malin
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: signed: Rodolphe Rousseau
Reverse Text: "Rodolphe Rousseau, 'L'Opéra'"
Publisher: Galerie Naïfs et Primitifs, Paris
Type: postcard of a ca. 1970s (?) naive painting depicting a 19th-century scene
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Stamp (Romania, 1985)
Text: "Opera din Paris, Charles François Gounod 1818-1893"

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: roof sculpture
Front Text: "Paris"
Reverse Text: "Paris. Statue toit de l'opéra"
Publisher: Editions et Impressions Combier, Mâcon
Size: Modern
Sent: within Paris, 1980

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Place et théatre de l'Opéra"
Reverse Text: "Scènes et architecture de Paris. Dessin d'après nature de Michel Perreard"
Publisher: Editions A. Leconte, Paris; 2640
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Rue de la Paix et l'Opéra"
Reverse Text: "Scènes et architecture de Paris. Dessin d'après nature de Michel Perreard"
Publisher: Editions A. Leconte, Paris
Size: Modern
Sent: from Paris to Vorden (Netherlands), 1983

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "'Avenue de l'Opéra' par Michel Dubré"
Publisher: Editions F. Nugeron; H 152
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "M. Sasek - Paris. L'Opéra"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1984
Publisher: Fernand Hazan, éditeur, Paris
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Couleurs et Lumière de France. 75 - En survolant Paris. L'Opéra et la Place de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Editions d'art Yvon, Paris; photo aérienne ALain Perceval; E. K. B. 5613
Size: Modern
Sent: from Paris to Chaligny, 1992

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris, L'Opéra Garnier, photographie de Rosine Mazin"
Publisher: Editions à vue d'œil; 40 46 96 30 063
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Illustrateurs 'L'Opéra' P. Rieulet"
Publisher: Editions Nugeron; H 440
Size: Modern
Sent: from Montmerle-sur-Saône to Hermes, 1997

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: dome and roof sculptures
Reverse Text: "L'Opéra"
Publisher: Éditions Agep, Marseille; 00 16 103; photograph by Francisco Hidalgo
Size: 17.0 x 11.8 cm
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Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: roof sculptures
Reverse Text: "Paris, Place de l'Opéra, Le Dôme: Apollon elevant sa Lyre (Millet)"
Publisher: Inedite, Limoges; 755027
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: signed: Andréotto
Publisher: La Philatelie artistique, Paris
Type: Maximum Card (France, 19 Sep 1998)
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) First Day Cover (France, 19 Sep 1998)
Front Text: "Opéra Garnier", signed: Andréotto
Size: 16.6 x 9.1 cm
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Les machinistes de la ligne 81 vous adressent leurs meilleurs vœux pour l'an 2000"
Publisher: RATP CML Agence cartographique
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris - L'Opéra"
Reverse Text: "Paris - L'Opéra - The Opera House - Die Oper - La Ópera - L'Opera"
Publisher: Image'In Editions
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: painting by Kojiro Akagi (1934-2021)
Reverse Text: "Rue Auber et Opéra Garnier. 29 avril 1996 - Encre de chine et aquarelle 45 x 37 cm, Collection le Paris d'Akagi", "Kojiro Akagi peint Paris avec passion depuis 35 ans. Véritable témoin de son temps, 111 de ses œuvres sont au musée Carnavalet"
Publisher: SA Carton, Valmondois
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris", signed: "Bruyant"
Reverse Text: "Paris - L'Opéra Garnier - Aquarelle de Dominique Bruyant"
Publisher: Aquarupella, Imprimérie de l'Ouest, La Rochelle
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier, La façade principale"
Publisher: Collection Étoiles, Paris; 2002
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: mosaic on the loggia ceiling
Reverse Text: "Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier, façade principale - Mosaïque du plafond de la loggia"
Publisher: Collection Étoiles, Paris; 2000 - 064
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: roof sculpture "Pegasus" by Lequesne
Reverse Text: "Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier, Un des 'Pégase' du sculpteur Lequesne sur le toit de l'Opéra"
Publisher: Collection Étoiles, Paris; 1995 - 002
Size: Modern
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Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: roof sculpture "Harmony" by Charles Gumery
Reverse Text: "Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier, façade principale - Groupe de 'L'Harmonie' du sculpteur Gumery"
Publisher: Collection Étoiles, Paris; 2000 - 041
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Palais Garnier - Poésie lyrique"
Publisher: Arte & Musica; 009; 2003
Size: Modern
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Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Palais Garnier - Les toits et l'Harmonie de Gumery (1827-1871)"
Publisher: Arte & Musica; 013; 2003
Size: Modern
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Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Palais Garnier, façade est - Fronton de Truphème (1820-1888) et Pégase de Lequesne (1815-1887)"
Publisher: Arte & Musica; 010; 2003
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Palais Garnier, façade principale - La Cantate de Chapu (1833-1891) et Le Chant de Dubois (1829-1905) et Vatinelle (1798-1881)."
Publisher: Arte & Musica; 004; 2003
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Palais Garnier - La Danse de Carpeaux (1827-1875)"
Publisher: Arte & Musica; 006; 2003
Size: Modern
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Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Palais Garnier - Monument à la mémoire de Charles Garnier, architecte, inauguré en 1903 (détail)"
Publisher: Arte & Musica; 003; 2003
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Folded Greeting Card
Front Text: "L'Opéra Garnier"
Reverse Text: "L'Opéra Garnier"
Publisher: VB Diffusion, Paris; Aquarelle originale de Fabrice Moireau; Ref. MF - R11
Size: 13.4 x 9.4 cm (folded)

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Paris"
Reverse Text: "L'Opéra"
Publisher: Paris For Ever; Image'In; FE0043
Type: Maximum Card
Size: Modern
Sent: from Lagord to Paris, 1994 [with separate stamp on reverse]
Detail (stamp and postmark, 18 June 2006):
Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier)

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Charles Garnier. Opéra national de Paris"
Reverse Text: "L'architecte français Charles Garnier (1825-1898) coinstruisit de 18761 à 1875 son chef-d'œuvre à la fois rationnel et exubérant : l'Opéra de Paris"
Publisher: Baobab; Le flâneur des deux rives; FDR 81
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Picture: foreground: Scottish indie rock band "Franz Ferdinand"
Front Text: "Franz Ferdinand, Kelis, Tiga, Soulwax Nite Verions, 2ManyDJs, Justice, 'Ri^noçéro^se' et DJ Zebra"
Reverse Text: advertising a rock concert at the Opéra Gernier on 24 June 2006
Publisher: Nokia Trends; Descartes Media
Type: Advertisement Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Charles Garnier - par Chagall/Chagall - 2200"
Reverse Text: "L'Opéra/The Opera. Qui est l'architecte de l'Opéra?/Who was the architect of the Opera?, Par qui fut decoré le plafond en 1964?/Who decorated the ceiling in 1964?, Combien de places contient-il?/How many seats does it hold?", "Grettz au recto, le rectangle gris pour lire les réponses. Scratch the rectangle on the upper right corner of the postcard for the answers."
Publisher: Gaia Création; Illustration: Frédéric Flom
Type: quiz card with a scratchcard rectangle to reveal the solutions
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "L'Opéra de Paris"
Reverse Text: "Paris et ses merveilles... Le théâtre de l'Opéra (1862-1875), œuvre de Charles Garnier"
Publisher: Editions A. Leconte; 101.177
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Front Text: "Opéra Garnier"
Reverse Text: "Paris - Opéra Garnier"
Publisher: JLL Editions, Paris; 183
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Opéra national de Paris / Palais Garnier"
Publisher: Opéra national de Paris; Arteum; 2000000270067
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "L'Opéra"
Publisher: Edition Tausendschön, Mils; PK 267
Type: Glitter Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Folded Greeting Card
Front Text: "Les toits de l'Opéra Garnier vus de la terrasse des Galeries Lafayette. Paris 8e.", signed: F. Moireau
Reverse Text: "Paris - Opéra Garnier"; [...]; the reverse features a drawing of the interior, see Scan
Publisher: Phenicia / Fabrice Moireau; 3760167181666
Size: 14.9 x 15.4 cm (folded)
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "'Le Cœur de Paris à caessé de battre', Paris sans ses touristes, confinement 17 Mars-11 Mai 2020 - Opéra de Paris"
Publisher: N13 Cards; Just Now Paris; Réf. PA7525
Size: 21.0 x 10.5 cm
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Jigsaw Puzzle (99 pieces)
Publisher: Opéra national de Paris / Mon Petit Art; 2021
Size: ca. 15 x 10 cm

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Palais Garnier"
Publisher: Opéra national de Paris; 2000000270050
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Souvenir Euro Note
Front text: "Opéra Garnier"
Publisher: Euro Souvenir

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Opéra - Galerie Paris", signed: Chaudon [Matthieu Chaudon])
Publisher: Ligne Noire; 2023
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Paris: Theatre de l'Opera (Palais Garnier) Reverse Text: "Paris Glamour - Palais Garnier Opera House by Jess Purser"
Publisher: purrr.redbubble.com
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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