Paris Opera
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The Paris Opera is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra, and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste
Logo of the Paris Opera
Palais Garnier (top) and Opéra Bastille (bottom), today's homes of the Paris Opera.
View of the Salle du Bel-Air
The Théâtre des Arts, principal venue of the Paris Opera from 1794 to 1820
Paris Opera Ballet
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The Paris Opera Ballet is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace
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…Académie Royale de Musique, but continued to be known more simply as the Opéra. Classical ballet as it is known today arose within the Paris Opera as the Paris Opera Ballet and has remained an integral and important part of the company. Currently called the Opéra national de Paris, it mainly produces operas at its modern…
Louis XIV as Apollo in the Ballet Royal de la Nuit (1653)
![Adelaïde Simonet as the Princess in the pantomime-ballet Ninette à la cour [fr], first produced by the Paris Opera Ballet in 1778 with choreography by](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Adela%C3%AFde_Simonet_as_the_Princess_in_the_pantomime-ballet_%27Ninette_%C3%A0_la_Cour%27_%E2%80%93_International_Encyclopedia_of_Dance_2004%2C_vol._5%2C_p._86.jpg/500px-Adela%C3%AFde_Simonet_as_the_Princess_in_the_pantomime-ballet_%27Ninette_%C3%A0_la_Cour%27_%E2%80%93_International_Encyclopedia_of_Dance_2004%2C_vol._5%2C_p._86.jpg)
Adelaïde Simonet as the Princess in the pantomime-ballet Ninette à la cour [fr], first produced by the Paris Opera Ballet in 1778 with choreography by Maximilien Gardel, as performed in London in 1781