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Fire destroys the Opera's theatre at the Palais-Royal
- When
- 1763
- Where
- Opera theatre in the east wing of the Palais-Royal, rue Saint-Honoré, Paris
In 1763 the theatre housing the Paris Opera in the Palais-Royal's east wing was destroyed by fire.
The Opera's theatre, located in the east wing of the Palais-Royal on the rue Saint-Honoré, was destroyed by fire in 1763. The theatre had served the Académie Royale de Musique, the official name of the Paris Opera, since Jean-Baptiste Lully took it over after Molière's death in 1673. The sources date the fire only to the year 1763 and do not record its cause or any casualties.
Sources
- Palais-Royal Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
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