Movie Details
Original Language:French
Production Companies:ARTE, BelAir Media, Opéra National de Paris, FullDawa Films
An Opera for an Empire on the Web:Official Website
An Opera for an Empire
"The epic story of the construction of the legendary Paris Opera House"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorPatrick Cabouat
WritersStéphane Landowski
1 hr 30 minHistory,
Documentary
Plot
The amazing and epic story of how the Paris Opera House, the Palais Garnier, was built from 1852 to 1870, thanks to the decisive impulse of the French Emperor Napoleon III; a story that is also that of the birth of a golden age for orchestral music, opera and ballet; of the rise of the urban bourgeoisie turned social elite; and of a certain mysterious inhabitant of the darkest corners of a legendary place.
