Opulent mosaics and chandeliers respectively line the floor and ceiling of its Grand and Avant foyers, while eight Gobelin tapestries and a ceiling by Georges Clairin adorn its rotunda, called the Salon du Glacier.
Opulent mosaics and chandeliers respectively line the floor and ceiling of its Grand and Avant foyers, while eight Gobelin tapestries and a ceiling by Georges Clairin adorn its rotunda, called the Salon du Glacier. Bronze sculptures like the Pythia, many of them bearing torch-lamps, by a woman who called herself Marcello decorate the ornately lit double stairway that forms this building's Grand Staircase. Most notable among its exterior decoration are two gilded statues on the left and right of its high roof, which surround its central green copper dome, and a plaster relief called The Dance, located near its entrance halls and sculpted by Jean Carpeaux. Featuring an enormous chandelier and a ceiling repainted by Marc Chagall in the auditorium where the audience would come to watch performances, this is, FTP, what Charles Garnier- designed building that saw the staging of many works by Lully and Rameau?
Opulent mosaics and chandeliers respectively line the floor and ceiling of its Grand and Avant foyers, while eight Gobelin tapestries and a ceiling by Georges Clairin adorn its rotunda, called the Salon du Glacier.
Paris {Opera} (accept “{Opera Garnier}” on an early buzz)