Salle Favart (Opéra-Comique), Paris
The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714
In 1743 the impresario Jean Monnet paid 12,000 livres to the Opéra for the right to run the Opéra-Comique, He renovated the theatre and brought together a group of highly talented creative artists, including, Favart, who worked as a stage director, the comedian “Préville” (real name Pierre-Louis Dubos), the stage designer François Boucher, and the ballet master Dupré and his pupil Jean-Georges Noverre. Jean-Philippe Rameau may also have been the leader of the orchestra.
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Salle Favart (Opéra-Comique), Paris
The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714
In 1743 the impresario Jean Monnet paid 12,000 livres to the Opéra for the right to run the Opéra-Comique, He renovated the theatre and brought together a group of highly talented creative artists, including, Favart, who worked as a stage director, the comedian “Préville” (real name Pierre-Louis Dubos), the stage designer François Boucher, and the ballet master Dupré and his pupil Jean-Georges Noverre. Jean-Philippe Rameau may also have been the leader of the orchestra.
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