![]() | Vichy: Opéra de Vichy |
Country: France Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Auvergne) Department: Allier City: Vichy Location: 1, rue du Casino Built 1898-1901 by Charles Lecoeur with Lucien Woog, in the course of a rebuilding of the Casino complex. Opened 2 June 1901 with Verdi's "Aida". Officially opened 31 May 1903 with a gala performance of Tristan Bernard's vaudeville "L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle", Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" and orchestral works. 1940-1944 home to the Assemblée Nationale and the Senate, the parliaments of the French Vichy regime collaborating with Nazi Germany. 1995 major restoration. Re-opened as part of the "Palais des Congrès Opéra". Used for congresses and opera performances. 1300 seats. Links: www.opera-vichy.com, EUTA, Wikipedia |
![]() Publisher: Lévy Fils, Paris; LL; 18 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Vichy to București (Romania), 1910 |
![]() Front Text: "Vichy, Casino & Théâtre", signed: Louis Tauzin Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1915 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
![]() Publisher: ?; No. 5 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
![]() Publisher: Edition Manezzi Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Vichy to Laplume, 1907 |
![]() Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1961 Publisher: Les Tirages Modernes, Paris Type: Real Photo Size: Modern Not sent. |
![]() Publisher: Neurdein et Cie., Paris; ND Phot.; 63 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
![]() Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Vichy to Luchon, 1904 |
![]() Publisher: Editions Idéal, Vichy; 333 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Vichy to Bruxelles (Belgium), 1934 |
![]() Publisher: I Chatagneau, Bordeaux; Elcé; 2726 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: Vichy to L'Arbret, 1952 |
![]() Reverse Text: "Bourbonnais. Vichy (Allier). Le palais des Congrès-Opéra. Construit en 1900 dans le plus pur style Art nouveau, le théâtre-opéra du Grand Casino a changé de vocation sans que cela transparaisse à l'extérieur, car l'edifice est classé monuments historique." Publisher: Éditions Debaisieux, Beaumont; 1998 Size: Modern Sent: from Vichy to Jassans, 2001 |
![]() Reverse Text: "Bourbonnais. Vichy, palais des Congrès Opéra (Allier). Réactualisé en 1995 en palais des Congrès Opéra, le symbole des grandes heures musicales de Vichy a gardé sa splendeur originelle et l'on admire encore la verrière ronde de la salle Berlioz, les galeries de l'Arlequin (à gauche) et Strauss (à droite), et surtout la Grande Salle de l'Opéra à l'italienne." Publisher: Éditions Debaisieux, Beaumont Size: Modern Sent: from Lyon to Ravensburg (Germany), 2003 |
![]() Type: Invitiation Card; Blank Back; probably printed on an ink jet printer Size: Modern Not sent. |
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