Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs- Élysées ( French, German theater of the Champs- Élysées ) is a theater in Paris. It is not on the Champs- Élysées, but on the Avenue Montaigne No. 15, and caught the beginning of the 20th century by its architecture, primarily by scandalous performances stir. Even today, it is a venue of musical theater and one of the most famous concert halls in the city.
The theater owes its existence to Gabriel Thomas, the financier and founder of the operating company of the Eiffel Tower, as well as the newspaper publisher and impresario Gabriel Astruc. The contemporary music should be an adequate space to be created, the project was able to prevail through the purchase of the former Hôtel de Lillers on the Avenue Montaigne in the 8th arrondissement against the original refusal city administration.
Auguste Perret built from 1911 to 1913, the originally designed by Henry van de Velde theater. The concrete structure was atypical for Perret, veneered with white marble. The front is decorated with bas-reliefs of Émile -Antoine Bourdelle, representing Apollo with the Muses. Inside there are three rooms on different floors: The Grand Theatre with 2,000 seats, about La Comédie with 655 seats and Le Studio (257 seats), which opened in 1923. Artworks by representatives of the Nabis between Art Nouveau and Art Deco dominate the interior. The dome of the great room as well as the gilded sculptures in the proscenium come by Maurice Denis, the paintings in La comédie by Édouard Vuillard, Ker -Xavier the curtain of Roussel.
In the first year, the Théâtre des Champs- Élysées his intention could meet. The premieres of the Ballets Russes choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky under the ( Jeux by Claude Debussy on 15 May 1913 and to a greater extent Le sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky, two weeks later ) are considered as the beginning of the Modern Ballet.
The theater La Comédie reached its peak under the direction of Louis Jouvet 1922-1934.
The Théâtre des Champs- Élysées is now devoted to classical music and home of the Orchestre National de France and the Orchestre Lamoureux and base of the Vienna Philharmonic in France.
Since 2010, Michel Franck is director of the theater.