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

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy - Le Nouveau Théâtre"
Publisher: Lévy Fils, Paris; LL; 18
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Vichy to București (Romania), 1910

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Picture: Casino and Opéra de Vichy
Front Text: "Vichy, Casino & Théâtre", signed: Louis Tauzin
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1915
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy - Casino - Salle de Théâtre, le Rideau"
Publisher: ?; No. 5
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy - Salle du Théâtre"
Publisher: Edition Manezzi
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Vichy to Laplume, 1907

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Reverse Text: "Vichy (Allier) - Le Grand Casino. Le Théâtre, la Scène"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1961
Publisher: Les Tirages Modernes, Paris
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy. - Le Casino, Salle du Théâtre"
Publisher: Neurdein et Cie., Paris; ND Phot.; 63
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy. - LeCasino. Salle de Théâtre"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Vichy to Luchon, 1904

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy. - La Salle de Théâtre du Casino"
Publisher: Editions Idéal, Vichy; 333
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Vichy to Bruxelles (Belgium), 1934

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Reverse Text: "Vichy (Allier) - La Salle de l'Opéra"
Publisher: I Chatagneau, Bordeaux; Elcé; 2726
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: Vichy to L'Arbret, 1952

Vichy: Casino / Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy - Le palais des Congrès-Opéra", "Musique et thermalisme. Au théâtre-opéra du Grand Casino, qui était le temple de la musique à la Belle Epoque, Vichy vient de substituer le palais des Congrès-Opéra, un moderne ensemble inscrit dans le fastueux décor d'autrefois."
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

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: "Vichy - Palais des Congrès Opéra"
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

Vichy: Opera de Vichy Front Text: invitation to a concert by a military band on 23 Oct 2007
Type: Invitiation Card; Blank Back; probably printed on an ink jet printer
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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