Charles Simon Favart was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him.
Charles-Simon Favart, 1757, pastel portrait by Jean-Étienne Liotard
The Salle Favart, officially the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, is a Paris opera house and theatre, the current home of the Opéra-Comique. It was built from 1893 to 1898 in a neo-Baroque style to the designs of the French architect Louis Bernier and is located on the Place Boïeldieu just south of the Boulevard des Italiens.
Principal facade of the Salle Favart
Grand Foyer
Galleries
Auditorium ceiling