Movie

An Opera for an Empire

Un opéra pour un empire

“The epic story of the construction of the legendary Paris Opera House”

The amazing and epic story of how the Paris Opera House, the Palais Garnier, was built from 1852 to 1870, thanks to the decisive impulse of the French Emperor Napoleon III; a story that is also that of the birth of a golden age for orchestral music, opera and ballet; of the rise of the urban bourgeoisie turned social elite; and of a certain mysterious inhabitant of the darkest corners of a legendary place.

Screenplay

Stéphane Landowski

Screenplay

Patrick Cabouat

Director

Patrick Cabouat

Status

Released

Release date

23/01/2021

Original language

French