How big is the paris opera house?

Question

im doing a French project on the Palais Grainer and i need some quick facts about size i know height and width but i know there are floors underground how many stories is it how big is the stage any other random facts you find interesting thanks

Answer 1

so many good answers...

i'll tell you a "joke" that really happened.

the opera was built by the architect Garnier, and the buyer was the emperor Napoleon III (nephew of the well known Napoleon Ist). the era of Napoleon III is very important in paris: all the "grey-buildings" of paris were built under his reign.

well, Napoleon wanted the Opera to be the greatest building, the mark of his highness.

so... Garnier built the Opera, but the empress Eugénie disliked it, cause it was a mix of several styles, and she said "What is THIS ? it's not classical style, not baroque style, nor 'pompier' style..."

and Garnier answered : "Madam, this is Napoleon III style".

and now, the Opera is still known as the major 'napoleon III style' building in Paris.

Answer 2

Some facts I've found on the french article on wikipedia (Sorry for my poor english !)

The building

    * Area : 11.237 meters square ;

    * Lenghth (max) : 173 meters ;

    * Width (max) : 125 meters ;

    * Height (max) : 73,60 meters ;

    * Height of the "grand escalier" (main stairs) : 30 mètres ;

    * Dimensions of the spectators room : 20 m high, 32 m deep , 31 m width ;

    

    * The stage :

Height : 60 meters (including 45 meters above the stage (for lights,...) and 15 meters under the stage (for costumes,...)),

Deepth : 27 meter  

Width : 48,50 meters  (16 meter width viewable for spectators)

You can find a scheme here :

http://www.learn.columbia.edu/ha/related...

Answer 3

It is also very famous for the story of the phantom of the opera... that is what created the idea to write that Opera./Musical..those who believe in ghost actually think the phantom is still haunting the opera...

The Paris Opera House is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. It contains levels beyond levels of cellars, fountains, chandeliers and even its own ghost! The history of this performance hall is dark and interesting, and spans from architecture to literature and music.

The cause for this new opera house actually stemmed from Napoleon III.  



The House seats two thousand and has seventeen stories, taking up three acres of land. Seven of these are below the ground, and two contain pieces of the famous lake later depicted in Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Work on this structure began in 1861 and ended fifteen years later. It cost over forty-seven million francs, and gave its creators and workers a massive headache.

Part of the mystique of the opera house is the levels that it inhabits underground. There are chorus rooms, green rooms, ball rooms, set rooms, cellars for waste props, closets, dressing rooms, and many more kinds of rooms making up the building. The underground levels contains all sorts of gruesome objects from various operas that have been produced. Their gruesome effect sparked the idea behind Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera.

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