History

Richelieu made raise in 1637 a theater on the wing is building of the Palais Royal in order to break the monopoly of the Hôtel of Burgundy.

The inauguration took place in 1641.

The troop of Molière and the Italians divided the scene between 1662 and 1673.

With died of his/her former collaborator, Lully recovered the places to found there the royal Académie of Music. It returned the troop of Molière which settled in the Hôtel of Guénégaud. When Lully took again the theater, it had to carry out many repairs to install a Machinerie able to support the imposing decorations of its futures operas. The machinery of Carlo Vigarani replaced that which Giacomo Torelli had installed in 1645.

Successive directors

• 1784-1790: of Lomel
• 1790-1812: Marguerite Brunet known as " Miss Montansier "
• 1812-1831: closed
• 1831-1860: Charles Contat-Desfontaines known as " Dormeuil "
• 1860-1880: Francis de Plunkett known as " Fleury" & Leon Dormeuil
• 1880-1885: Briet & Delcroix
• 1885-1912: Mussay & Boyer
• 1912-1942: Gustave Quinson
• 1942-1954 : Jean de Létraz
• 1954-1965: Simone de Létraz
• 1965-1989: Jean-Michel Rouzière
• 1989-1998: Francis Lemonnier
• since 1998: Francis Nani

Practical informations

Directing: Francis Nani

38, rue Montpensier

75001 Paris

Tel.: 01 42 97 59 81

Subway Palate Royal-Purse

Room of 750 places

See too

• Theater of the Marsh

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