Théâtre Lyrique

The Théâtre Lyrique Théâtre - Lyrique Impérial or was next to the Opéra and the Opéra -Comique one of the three most important opera houses of the 19th century in Paris.

The original house of the Théâtre Lyrique was opened under the name Théâtre Historique 1847 and was located on the Boulevard du Temple 72, a street with a number of theaters. It moved but 1862 in another house, near the Place du Chatelet, near the Seine, until its destruction by fire in 1871. Subsequently, it was rebuilt and opened under the name Théâtre de la Ville, but not more than the Opera House.

In this institution a number of important French operas were premiered:

• Si j'étais roi by Adolphe Adam, 1852.
• Les Dragons de Villars Aimé Maillart, 1856.
• Faust by Charles Gounod, 1859.
• Les perles de pêcheurs by Georges Bizet, 1863.
• Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz, part premiere 1863 ( fully completed in 1890 Felix Mottl in Karlsruhe).
• La jolie fille de Perth by Bizet, 1867.
• Roméo et Juliette by Gounod, 1867.

In addition, there was also successful operas of German and Italian composers:

• Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi, in 1865 ( revised and expanded ).