Royal Opera of Versailles
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The Royal Opera of Versailles is the main theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, it is also known as the Théâtre Gabriel. The interior decoration by Aug
View of the opera
Louis XIV as Apollo in the Ballet Royal de la Nuit (1653)
Premiere of Rameau's La princesse de Navarre on 23 February 1745 in the Grande Écurie, engraving by Charles-Nicolas Cochin.
The Marquis de Marigny asking Étienne Maynon d'Invault, Controller-General of Finances, for a budget increase to complete the works on the Royal Opera of Versailles until spring 1770 («parvenir à l'achèvement de la salle de spectacle du Château de Versailles, avant le printemps de 1770»). Draft letter, October 31, 1768.
Maria Fortunata d'Este was a Modenese princess by birth and a princess du sang by marriage. By her marriage to Louis François Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, her first cousin, she became the Count
Portrait c. 1780
Este in 1768 by Carmontelle