Théâtre-Lyrique
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The Théâtre-Lyrique or Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial was next to the Opéra , the Opéra-Comique and the Théâtre-Italy one of the four most important opera companies of the 19th century in Paris .
The original house of the Théâtre-Lyrique opened under the name Théâtre Historique in 1847 and was located on 72 Boulevard du Temple , a street with a number of theaters. In the course of Haussmann's urban redevelopment and the creation of the Place de la République , this building was demolished and in 1862 the company, now called Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial, moved into a newly built house on the east side of the Place du Châtelet , today's Théâtre de la Ville directly on the His . After it was destroyed in a fire during the Paris Commune in 1871, it was rebuilt and reopened in 1874. However, the company recorded under the name Théâtre-Lyrique-National for one season the Salle or the Théâtre de l'Athénée, 17 rue Scribe, but went bankrupt in June 1872 and stopped the game.
A number of important French operas were premiered in this institution:
- Si j'étais roi by Adolphe Adam , 1852.
- Les dragons de Villars by Aimé Maillart , 1856.
- Faust by Charles Gounod , 1859.
- Les pêcheurs de perles by Georges Bizet , 1863.
- Les Troyens à Carthage by Hector Berlioz , premiered in part in 1863 (not fully until 1890 under Felix Mottl in Karlsruhe ).
- La jolie fille de Perth from Bizet, 1867.
- Roméo et Juliette by Gounod, 1867.
- Paul et Virginie by Victor Massé , 1876.
There were also successful operas by German and Italian composers here:
- Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck , November 1859 (rehearsed by Berlioz).
- Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi , in 1865 (revised and expanded).
