Paris: Théâtre Italien (1st Salle Favart)

Country: France
City: Paris
Region: Île-de-France
Department: Paris
Location: II.; 5, rue Favart / place Boïeldieu

Built 1783 by Jean-François Heurtier. Also known as "Salle Favart" (the 1st Paris theatre of that name), named in honour of the French opera librettist and Vaudeville author, Charles Edouard Favart. Opened 28 April 1783 as home to the "Opéra-Comique" (1783-1801, 1804, 1805). 1802-1804, 1815-1818 and 1825-1838 used by the "Théâtre Italien". Main venue of the Paris Opera from 19 Apr 1820 to 11 May 1821. Destroyed by fire on 13/14 Jan 1838.

[Subsequently, a 2nd "Salle Favart" was built on the site. Destroyed by fire in 1887 and replaced by the 3rd "Salle Favart", home to the "Opéra-Comique".]

Notable world premieres:

  • Louise Bertin: Fausto (7 March 1831)

Link: Wikidata

Paris: Théâtre Italien (1st Salle Favart) Front Text: "Le Théâtre-Italien (Salle-Favart) d'après une gravure de Ransonelle"
Publisher: E.L.D. [= Ernest Le Deley, Paris]
Type: Divided Back; early 20th century reproduction of an 18th- or 19th-century engraving
Size: Classic
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Paris: Théâtre Italien (1st Salle Favart) Front Text: "Vieux Paris. Théâtre Royal Italien en 1828", "1re Salle Favart, construite par l'architecte Heurtier [...]"
Publisher: E. S., Cartes postales d'art et d'histoire, Paris; 141
Type: Divided Back; early 20th century reproduction of an 18th- or 19th-century engraving
Size: Classic
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Paris: Théâtre Italien (1st Salle Favart) Picture: right: back building of the 1st Salle Favart towards Boulevard des Italiens
Front Text: "Ancien Paris", "Le Boulevard des Italiens, vers 1815 ; à droite : le Théatre des Italiens, actuellement l'Opéra-Comique"
Publisher: ND Phot. [= Neurdein, Paris]
Type: Divided Back; early 20th century reproduction of a ca. 1815 engraving
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paris: Théâtre Italien (1st Salle Favart) Front Text: "Une loge au Théâtre Italien", "Toilettes de Théâtre", "Dessin de Gavarni (1834)"
Publisher: ND Phot. [= Neurdein, Paris]; Histoire du costume (de Louis XVI au Second Empire); 285
Type: Divided Back; early 20th-century reproduction of an 1834 print by Paul Gavarni
Size: Classic
Sent: from Rennes to Angoulême, 1953

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