Theater de la Renaissance
The Théâtre de la Renaissance is a theater company in Paris. It is located on Boulevard Saint-Martin 20, at the confluence of Rue Bondy, in the 10th arrondissement .
The group
The first Théâtre de la Renaissance was a theater company that existed from 1839 to 1841 and was launched on the initiative of Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas . The Salle Ventadour , for whose operation an association was founded, was used. For example Ruy Blas by Hugo and L'Alchimiste by Dumas, whose most famous face was Frédérick Lemaître , were premiered .
The name Théâtre de la Renaissance briefly flared up again in 1867 when the director of the Théâtre-Lyrique tried to gain a foothold there during a break in the Théâtre-Italien , which played in the Salle Ventadour.
The House
In 1872, the current house was built by the architect Charles de Lalande on the ruins of the Deftieux restaurant , which was destroyed during the fighting for the Paris Commune . Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was responsible for the facade design , with the monumental caryatids typical of him .
The interior was spacious, but considering the short planning time, the architect was forced to choose a rather improvised construction. Lalande showed all his skills in the division of the premises. He created a not-too-large, ground-level stage and he moved the foyer to the upper floor. Instead of an orchestra pit, there was an orchestra box on the second floor, which ended vertically above the front stage. You entered the building via a corridor that was slightly inclined to get into the foyer via two small side stairs. That could only work because the boulevard had a steep gradient in this area. The boxes were also accessed via these stairs.
The decoration of the hall, which had 1200 seats, was kept in white and gold, which was considered very elegant. Furthermore, the same caryatids were installed there as on the facade. Only the paintings on the wall and ceiling were mediocre.
Larousse noted that the house was made for operetta rather than melodrama.
Electrification took place in 1877 and the lighting was switched to carbon filament lamps . A total of 766 lamps were used, of which 140 were installed in the hall, 468 on the stage and 158 in the remaining rooms. This corresponded to a light intensity of about 8,038 candela .
The repertoire
After the theater started operating in 1873, contemporary operettas and vaudevilles were given. That changed when Sarah Bernhardt bought the theater in 1893 . As an actress, Bernard served the entire genre from drama to comedy, but no vocal performances and the program was changed accordingly. She ran the theater under her name until 1899, when it was renamed the Théâtre de la Renaissance again. In addition to the tried and tested program, operas were now performed, but after they were taken over by Cora Laparcerie , who ran the theater between 1913 and 1928, they finally disappeared from the program.
The theater continues to this day under changing management. In addition to comedies and comedies, dramas and political plays are still presented.
Web links
- Internet presence
- Information on Théâtre de la Renaissance in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Théâtre de la Renaissance in the bibliographic database WorldCat
literature
- Pierre Larousse : Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle , Volume 13, 1875, p. 940 digitized
- Adolphe Joanne : Paris illustré en 1870 et 1876. Guide de l'étranger et du Parisien , Paris 1876, p. 30, digitized
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annuaire des sociétés par actions anonymes, civiles et en commandite , Paris 1840, p. 362, digitized version , accessed on January 10, 2020
- ↑ La Science illustrée , edition of December 1, 1887, p. 90, digitized version , accessed on January 23, 2020
- ↑ Julien Lefèvre: L'électricité au théâtre , 1894, p. 177, digitized version , accessed on January 23, 2020
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 8.6 " N , 2 ° 21 ′ 23.1" E