Salle Le Peletier

The Salle Le Peletier (sometimes referred to as the Salle de la rue Le Peletier or the Opéra Le Peletier)Le Peletier has also been spelled Lepelletier. See Mead 1991, p. 48. was the home of the Paris Opera from 1821 until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873. The theatre was designed and constructed by the architect François Debret on the site of the former Hôtel de Choiseul.Mead 1991, p. 48. Due to the many changes in government and management during the theatre's existence, it had a number of different official names, the most important of which were: Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique (1821–1848), Opéra-Théâtre de la Nation (1848–1850), Théâtre de l'Académie Nationale de Musique (1850–1852), Théâtre de l'Académie Impériale de Musique (1852–1854), Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra (1854–1870), and Théâtre National de l'Opéra (1870–1873).Levin, Alicia. "A documentary overview of musical theaters in Paris, 1830–1900" in Fauser 2009, p. 382.

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Sources
 Barbier, Patrick (1995). Opera in Paris, 1800–1850: A Lively History.  Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. .
 Fauser, Annegret, editor; Everist, Mark, editor (2009). Music, theater, and cultural transfer. Paris, 1830–1914. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. .
Loewenberg, Alfred (1978). Annals of Opera 1597–1940 (third edition, revised). Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield. .
 Mead, Christopher Curtis (1991). Charles Garnier's Paris Opera. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. .
 Pitou, Spire (1983). The Paris Opéra: an encyclopedia of operas, ballets, composers, and performers (3 volumes). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwod Press. .
 Simeone, Nigel (2000). Paris: a musical gazateer. Yale University Press. .

Other websites
 Opéra National de Paris
 Notes on the Académie Royale de Musique from the Scholarly Societies Project 

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