Key facts
- Address
- Place de la Bastille , 75012 Paris , France
- Capacity
- 2,745
- Type
- Opera house
- Public transit
- Bastille , Lyon , 20, 29, 65, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91
- Built
- 1984–1990
- Architect
- Carlos Ott
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- opera house
- Named after
- Place de la Bastille
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Quartier des Quinze-Vingts
- Owned by
- Paris Opera
- Official website
- www.operadeparis.fr
- Image
- Place de la Bastille @ Paris (15374241261).jpg
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- architect
- Carlos Ott
- street address
- Place de la Bastille, 75012 Paris, France
- Commons category
- Opéra Bastille
- Commons gallery
- Opéra Bastille
- date of official opening
- 1989-07-14
- located on street
- Place de la Bastille
- inception
- 1990-00-00
- occupant
- Paris Opera
- P6413
- Opéra Bastille
- maximum capacity
- 2745
- structure replaces
- Gare de la Bastille
- social media followers
- 161000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Opéra Bastille ( French: [ɔpeʁa bastij] , "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.
Designed by Uruguayan-Canadian architect Carlos Ott, it is situated facing Place de la Bastille. It can seat 2,723 people in total, with a main theatre, concert hall and studio theatre, making it the largest opera house in Europe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opéra Bastille” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.