Théâtre des Variétés
 The théâtre des Variétés, c. 1820 | |
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| Address | 7, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd. Paris France |
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| Construction | |
| Opened | 1807 |
| Architect | Jacques Cellerier, Jean-Antoine Alavoine |
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| www.theatre-des-varietes.fr | |
The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974.
History[edit]
It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle Montansier (Marguerite Brunet). Imprisoned for debt in 1803 and frowned upon by the government, a decree of 1806 ordered her company to leave the Théâtre du Palais-Royal which then bore the name of "Variétés". The decree's aim was to move out Montansier's troupe to make room for the company from the neighbouring Théâtre-Français, which had stayed empty even as the Variétés-Montansier had enjoyed immense public favour. Strongly unhappy about having to leave the theatre by 1 January 1807, the 77-year-old Montansier gained an audience with Napoleon himself and received his help and protection. She thus reunited the "Société des Cinq", which directed her troupe, in order to found a new theatre, the one which stands at the side of the passage des Panoramas. It was inaugurated on 24 June 1807. The theatre plays a prominent role in Émile Zola's 1880 novel, Nana, as it is the theatre in which the title character achieves celebrity in the opening chapters.
Other activities[edit]
In 2012 the theatre began to host technical conferences such as dotJS or dotScale.[1]
Premieres at the theatre[edit]
- 1833: La Modiste et le Lord, 2-act opera by Auguste Pilati
- 1856: L'Amour et Psyché, 1 act opera by Auguste Pilati
- 1864: La belle Hélène, opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Meilhac and Halévy
- 1867: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Meilhac and Halévy
- 1868: La Périchole, opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Meilhac and Halévy
- 1869: Les brigands, opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Meilhac and Halévy
- 1883: Mam'zelle Nitouche, vaudeville-operette by Hervé
- 1907: L'Enfant prodigue, the first feature-length European film, directed by Michel Carré, fils
- 1923: Ciboulette, operetta by Reynaldo Hahn, libretto by Robert de Flers and Francis de Croisset
- 1946: César by Marcel Pagnol, after his film of the same name
Directors[edit]
- 1807–19 : Mlle Montansier
- 1820–30 : Mira Brunet
- 1930–36 : Armand Dartois
- 1836 : Jean-François Bayard
- 1837–39 : Philippe Pinel-Dumanoir
- 1839 : Jouslin de la Salle
- 1840 : M. Leroy
- 1840–47 : Nestor Roqueplan
- 1847–49 : M. Morin
- 1849–51 : M. Thibeaudeau-Milon
(M. Bowes, proprietor) - 1851–54 : M. Carpier (M. Bowes, proprietor)
- 1855 : MM. Laurencin & Zacheroni (M. Bowes, proprietor)
- 1855 : Hippolyte & Théodore Cogniard
- 1856–69 : Hippolyte Cogniard & Jules Noriac
- 1869–91 : Eugène Bertrand
- 1892–1914 : Fernand Samuel
- 1914–40 : Max Maurey
- 1940–43 : Émile Petit
- 1944–45 : Max Maurey & Émile Petit
- 1946–47 : Max & Denis Maurey
- 1947–75 : Denis & Marcel Maurey
- 1975–89 : Jean-Michel Rouzière
- 1989–91 : Francis Lemonnier
- 1991–2004 : Jean-Paul Belmondo
- since 2005 : Jean-Manuel Bajen
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