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An Opera for an Empire
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An Opera for an Empire

(Un opéra pour un empire)

The epic story of the construction of the legendary Paris Opera House

20211h 30mDocumentaryHistory

Overview

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.

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Alternative Titles

I fantasmi dell'Opéra Garnier: i segreti di una meraviglia imperialeIT
Una ópera para un imperioES
Des Kaisers neue OperDE
Building the Paris OperaFR
Glanz und Pracht - Die Pariser Oper GarnierDE

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Status
Released
Original Title
Un opéra pour un empire
Production Countries
France

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