Théâtre Feydeau
The Théâtre Feydeau was a former theater in Paris that opened in 1791. It mainly performed Italian and French operas and comedies . It was also a place of opera parody and at the end of the 18th century the so-called Revolution and Terror Opera .
history
The theater was founded on January 26th, 1789 by the hairdresser and entrepreneur Léonard-Alexis Autier , together with the then famous violin virtuoso and composer Giovanni Battista Viotti as musical-artistic director. The project was also supported by the Comte de Provence (called Monsieur ), a younger brother of King Louis XVI - so the theater was initially called Théâtre de Monsieur . Initially the performances took place in the Palais des Tuileries , but the troupe had to leave it because of the revolutionary unrest after the royal family had to move from Versailles to the Tuileries in October 1789 . In 1790, before their own theater could be built, the troupe was housed in the exhibition halls of Saint-Germain ( Foire Saint-Germain ).
On January 6, 1791, the new theater building was opened on Rue Feydeau. At first it was still called Théâtre de Monsieur , but after the arrest of Louis XVI and his family it was renamed Théâtre Français et Italien de la Rue Feydeau , later to Théâtre Français de la Rue Feydeau . The street is named after Claude Henri Feydeau de Marville, who was Lieutenant General of the Police in Paris from 1740 to 1747.
The theater became a meeting place for the reaction against the revolution. Like many theaters during that time, it was closed several times. After reopening on April 2, 1792, it became one of the most popular theaters in Paris. Luigi Cherubini's opera Médée premiered in this theater in 1797. From 1798 the famous actor Talma played here .
In 1829 the building was closed and demolished because it was in disrepair.