Behind the scenes: Opéra Garnier #2

 Marc Chagall's rotund ceiling in the theater teems with musical allegory.

Palais Garnier / L'Opéra de Paris
8 rue Scribe 75009

- More photos in upcoming July newsletter -

Behind the scenes: Opéra Garnier #1

Recently I was invited to a behind-the-scenes look at Charles Garnier's Second Empire masterpiece and setting for the 1910 novel, The Phantom of the Opera.

Below: section of the infamous see-and-be-seen grand staircase's grandeur

 

Palais Garnier / L'Opéra de Paris

8 rue Scribe 75009

Muchos chicos

A poster on a metro station wall advertises a wonderfully picante dance revue.
More photos December newsletter

Tutu: Chicos Mambo
Ends January 14, 2018

Théâtre Bobino
20 rue de la Gaîté 75014

Leap into eternity

Tomb of Vaslav Nijinsky, legendary Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in the Montmartre Cemetery.

 

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"Nijinsky’s story ends with him going crazy and thinking that he’s a horse." - Billy Wilder pitching a film idea to Sam Goldwyn from "Fat, Drunk, and Stupid: The Inside Story Behind the Making of Animal House" by Matty Simmons