Considers about 500 operas performed in French theaters, identifying and
illustrating costumes and scenic features. Names persons responsible in spe-
cific productions and gives biographies of many. About 100 black-and-white
illustrations and 20 color plates; poor name index.See also #784.
The next group of titles refers to the Opéra after 1875, housed in the Palais Garnier.
- Paris Opéra. Petite encyclopédie illustrée de l’Opéra de Paris. Paris: Théâtre
National de l’Opéra, 1974. 160p. ML1727.8 .P2 P284.
Covers, in dictionary arrangement: architectural history and details, with
dimensions; the library and museum; the wardrobe; artworks in the building;
the ballet; lighting and electrical installations; the great staircase; finances,
stage machinery; the orchestra; and administration. Excellent illustrations but
no index or bibliography. - Dupêchez, Charles. Histoire de l’Opéra de Paris: Un siècle au Palais Garnier,
1875–1980. Paris: Librairie Académique Perrin, 1984. 445p. ISBN 2-262-
00338-6. ML1727.8 .P2 D8.
A footnoted narrative history of the period, with good photographs. Thor-
ough chronology of performances includes ballets and solo recitals, giving
names of principals. Bibliography, index of names and titles. - Moatti, Jacques. L’Opéra de Paris: Palais Garnier. Photographs by Jacques
Moatti; text by Martine Kahane and Thierry Beauvert. Paris: A. Biro, 1987.
Ca. 200p. ISBN 2-8766-6004-8. ML1727.8 .P2 M7. Translated as The Paris
Opera: Palais Garnier(New York: Vendome, 1988; ISBN 0-88565-092-6).
An unpaged book of splendid photographs, folio size, most of them in color. In-
cludes the best pictures seen of the grand staircase. No index or documentation. - Wolff, Stéphane. L’Opéra au Palais Garnier, 1875–1961. Paris: L’Entr’acte,
- 565p. ML1727.8 .P2 W8.
Lists all operas performed, in order by title, with premiere casts; total number
of presentations of each work in the Opéra and in other Paris theaters; princi-
pal interpreters of major roles with dates of their appearances. Similar infor-
mation for ballets and dramatic works. Artist section of some 3,000 names,
with dates of debuts and major appearances. Chronology of performances
from 1875 to June 1962. Without index. - Duault, Alain. L’Opéra de Paris. Paris: Sand, 1989. 245p. ISBN 2-7107-0449-
- ML1727.8 .P2 D38.
An informal institutional history, of interest for its account of the German
occupation and for productions of the 1980s.
2307.Join-Diéterle, Catherine. Les décors de scène de l’Opéra de Paris à l’époque
romantique. Paris: Picard, 1988. 295p. ISBN 2-7084-03630X. ND2887 .F8 J65.
A useful gathering of 153 illustrations with extensive commentary, exhibiting
the scenography of the first half of the 19th century. List of works staged, 1807
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