Opéra Bastille
The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house built to answer an old Paris problem: how to stage opera efficiently in a city where the Palais Garnier, opened after an earlier era, often constrained newer productions. The idea of a “popular and modern” opera house first emerged in the 1880s, and it kept resurfacing through the 20th century alongside recurring “crisis at the Opera.” In 1981, President François Mitterrand folded a new opera house into his Grands Travaux programme, and the project was shifted to the Bastille area, facing Place de la Bastille. Designed by Uruguayan-Canadian architect Carlos Ott, the Opéra Bastille opened in 1989 and became the main facility of the Paris National Opera alongside the older Palais Garnier. Today it functions as the leading venue for most opera performances, while Palais Garnier continues to host a mix of opera and ballet. …
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