28:
267:
291:
279:
205:
187:
221:
179:
shows in the 1730s. In view of the large expenditures on the theatre, it is surprising that it was so little used. Modern histories cite the poor acoustics, but
Coeyman suggests that its disuse may have been the result of its large size: "the hall may have simply been too hard to fill."
278:
266:
111:. Estimates of its seating capacity range from 6,000 to 8,000. The unusually deep stage was located in a gallery situated between the auditorium and a new, more northern pavilion, later designated as the
532:
1047:
444:
Coeyman, Barbara (1998). "Opera and Ballet in
Seventeenth-Century French Theatres: Case Studies of the Salle des Machines and the Palais Royal Theater" in Radice 1998, pp. 37–71.
850:
815:
865:
335:
Coeyman 1998, p. 53. According to Wild 1989, p. 406, the number of places was 4,000 "d'ap. A. Donnet", but the latter author actually gives the capacity as 6,000 (Donnet 1821,
290:
186:
860:
27:
765:
810:
755:
145:
204:
1008:
870:
148:
in July. The Salle des
Machines was not used again for musical theatre during the remainder of Louis XIV's reign. In 1720, during the
1067:
55:
and
Lodovico. Constructed in 1659–1661, it was originally intended for spectacular productions mounted by the court of the young
1072:
232:
The theatre later underwent three substantial transformations: the first in 1763, when it was greatly reduced in size for the
830:
1052:
714:
17:
1057:
974:
554:
528:
520:
505:
471:
590:
1062:
669:
130:, yet the opera was only performed eight times. The theatre was not used again until January 1671, when
103:, was housed in a pavilion located at the north end of the palace as originally built by the architect
969:
805:
689:
164:
136:, a scenically spectacular play with music and ballet, was presented. This production cost 130,000
68:
739:
225:
108:
930:
498:
Opera in
Context: Essays on Historical Staging from the Late Renaissance to the Time of Puccini
104:
64:
790:
336:
100:
400:
396:
482:
452:
430:
800:
694:
583:
257:
76:
8:
990:
820:
775:
734:
245:
79:. The Tuileries Palace and the theatre were destroyed by fire on 24 May 1871, during the
909:
704:
112:
605:
249:
904:
780:
679:
558:
550:
524:
516:
501:
486:
467:
434:
770:
954:
889:
709:
625:
237:
124:. The costs of the project, including construction of the theatre, came to 120,000
40:
132:
825:
795:
664:
576:
241:
157:
48:
194:
51:, designed by the Italian theatre architects Gaspare Vigarani and his two sons,
840:
729:
674:
244:; the second begun in November 1792 and competed before 10 May 1793, when the
171:
made his first and last appearance in a dancing role in this production. After
92:
52:
835:
699:
684:
513:
Dictionnaire des théâtres parisiens au XIXe siècle: les théâtres et la musique
59:, but in 1763 the theatre was greatly reduced in size and used in turn by the
1041:
1023:
1010:
845:
760:
719:
654:
639:
168:
120:
80:
940:
935:
855:
785:
724:
568:
542:
456:
126:
118:
The hall was inaugurated on 7 February 1662 with the premiere of
Cavalli's
96:
562:
490:
438:
220:
659:
620:
233:
60:
176:
149:
875:
56:
536:
253:
72:
31:
Plan of the
Tuileries Palace with the theatre marked in blue (1756)
272:
Modifications by
Soufflot and Gabriel in 1763 (north to the right)
75:
had a new theatre/ballroom built to the designs of the architects
427:
Le Théâtre des
Tuileries sous Louis XIV, Louis XV, et Louis XVI
152:, the hall was remodeled again, at a cost of nearly 150,000
144:
was reduced in size and successfully revived at the smaller
1048:
Buildings and structures in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
284:
Hall of the
National Convention in 1793 (north to the left)
256:
had a new theatre built to the designs of the architects
91:
The auditorium, designed and decorated by the architects
252:
to the Salle des Machines; and the third in 1808, when
236:(to a capacity of 1,504 spectators) by the architects
175:there were no further productions, except for some
1039:
429:. Paris: Nogent-le-Rotrou, Daupeley-Gouverneur.
547:Dictionnaire des théâtres parisiens (1807–1914)
192:Plans of the Salle des Machines from Diderot's
613:
584:
598:
356:
354:
591:
577:
466:. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
449:Architectonographie des théâtres de Paris
322:
320:
71:(from January to December 1789). In 1808
351:
219:
26:
14:
1040:
317:
210:Long section of the Salle des Machines
572:
215:
86:
500:. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press.
43:in Paris. It was also known as the
24:
25:
1084:
975:Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume
515:. Paris: Aux Amateurs de livres.
462:Gaines, James F., editor (2002).
831:Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine
496:Radice, Mark A., editor (1998).
289:
277:
265:
228:in the National Convention, 1795
203:
185:
715:Napoleon III's Louvre expansion
419:
406:
1068:Music venues completed in 1661
851:Edmond Jean Baptiste Guillaume
841:Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti
816:Auguste Cheval de Saint-Hubert
776:Jacques Androuet II Du Cerceau
390:
381:
372:
363:
342:
329:
308:
140:and was only performed twice.
13:
1:
1073:1661 establishments in France
67:(from 1770 to 1782), and the
670:Petite Galerie of the Louvre
39:was a theatre in the former
7:
47:, because of its elaborate
10:
1089:
1053:Theatres completed in 1661
451:. Paris: P. Didot l'ainé.
296:Napoleon's theatre of 1808
983:
962:
953:
923:
897:
888:
836:Félix Louis Jacques Duban
748:
647:
638:
604:
533:View formats and editions
477:Lenôtre, Georges (1895).
369:Gaines 2002, pp. 394–395.
348:Coeyman 1998, pp. 46, 55.
1058:Former theatres in Paris
806:Jacques-Germain Soufflot
599:The Louvre and Tuileries
464:The Molière Encyclopedia
314:Coeyman 1998, pp. 45–46.
301:
165:Michel Richard Delalande
861:Victor-Auguste Blavette
740:Louvre Inverted Pyramid
481:. Paris: Firmin-Didot.
447:Donnet, Alexis (1821).
425:Babeau, Albert (1895).
412:Wild 1989, pp. 406–407.
146:Théâtre du Palais-Royal
1024:48.863086°N 2.331982°E
229:
161:Les folies de Cardenio
32:
1063:Opera houses in Paris
915:Théâtre des Tuileries
690:Pavillon de l'Horloge
511:Wild, Nicole (1989).
479:Paris révolutionnaire
224:The assassination of
223:
37:Théâtre des Tuileries
30:
970:Musée de l'Orangerie
955:Jardin des Tuileries
890:Palais des Tuileries
846:Hector-Martin Lefuel
801:Ange-Jacques Gabriel
626:The Louvre Abu Dhabi
378:Coeyman 1998, p. 53.
360:Coeyman 1998, p. 47.
258:Percier and Fontaine
226:Jean-Bertrand Féraud
156:, and it hosted the
109:Catherine de Médicis
77:Percier and Fontaine
1029:48.863086; 2.331982
1020: /
931:Philibert de l'Orme
821:Jean-Arnaud Raymond
766:Pierre II Chambiges
735:Carrousel du Louvre
397:Lenôtre 1895, p. 95
246:National Convention
150:Regency of Louis XV
105:Philibert de l'Orme
69:Théâtre de Monsieur
963:Sections in detail
910:Pavillon de Marsan
898:Sections in detail
811:Maximilien Brebion
705:Pavillon de Marsan
648:Sections in detail
549:. Lyon: Symétrie.
401:Babeau 1895, p. 61
387:Wild 2012, p. 406.
326:Wild 1989, p. 404.
230:
216:Later incarnations
113:Pavillon de Marsan
87:Salle des Machines
63:(up to 1770), the
45:Salle des Machines
33:
18:Salle des Machines
1003:
1002:
999:
998:
949:
948:
905:Pavillon de Flore
884:
883:
781:Jacques Lemercier
756:Raymond du Temple
695:Galerie d'Apollon
680:Pavillon de Flore
634:
633:
485:at Google Books.
433:at Google Books.
65:Comédie-Française
16:(Redirected from
1080:
1035:
1034:
1032:
1031:
1030:
1025:
1021:
1018:
1017:
1016:
1013:
960:
959:
895:
894:
791:François d'Orbay
710:Louvre Colonnade
645:
644:
640:Palais du Louvre
611:
610:
593:
586:
579:
570:
569:
413:
410:
404:
394:
388:
385:
379:
376:
370:
367:
361:
358:
349:
346:
340:
333:
327:
324:
315:
312:
293:
281:
269:
238:Jacques Soufflot
207:
189:
101:François d'Orbay
41:Tuileries Palace
21:
1088:
1087:
1083:
1082:
1081:
1079:
1078:
1077:
1038:
1037:
1028:
1026:
1022:
1019:
1014:
1011:
1009:
1007:
1006:
1004:
995:
979:
945:
919:
880:
866:Camille Lefèvre
826:Charles Percier
796:Claude Perrault
744:
665:Pavillon du Roi
630:
621:The Louvre-Lens
606:Musée du Louvre
600:
597:
422:
417:
416:
411:
407:
395:
391:
386:
382:
377:
373:
368:
364:
359:
352:
347:
343:
334:
330:
325:
318:
313:
309:
304:
297:
294:
285:
282:
273:
270:
250:Salle du Manège
248:moved from the
242:Jacques Gabriel
218:
211:
208:
199:
190:
89:
49:stage machinery
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1086:
1076:
1075:
1070:
1065:
1060:
1055:
1050:
1001:
1000:
997:
996:
994:
993:
991:André Le Nôtre
987:
985:
981:
980:
978:
977:
972:
966:
964:
957:
951:
950:
947:
946:
944:
943:
938:
933:
927:
925:
921:
920:
918:
917:
912:
907:
901:
899:
892:
886:
885:
882:
881:
879:
878:
873:
868:
863:
858:
853:
848:
843:
838:
833:
828:
823:
818:
813:
808:
803:
798:
793:
788:
783:
778:
773:
771:Louis Métezeau
768:
763:
758:
752:
750:
746:
745:
743:
742:
737:
732:
730:Louvre Pyramid
727:
722:
717:
712:
707:
702:
697:
692:
687:
682:
677:
675:Grande Galerie
672:
667:
662:
657:
651:
649:
642:
636:
635:
632:
631:
629:
628:
623:
617:
615:
614:Branch museums
608:
602:
601:
596:
595:
588:
581:
573:
567:
566:
540:
509:
494:
475:
460:
445:
442:
421:
418:
415:
414:
405:
389:
380:
371:
362:
350:
341:
328:
316:
306:
305:
303:
300:
299:
298:
295:
288:
286:
283:
276:
274:
271:
264:
217:
214:
213:
212:
209:
202:
200:
191:
184:
163:with music by
93:Charles Errard
88:
85:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1085:
1074:
1071:
1069:
1066:
1064:
1061:
1059:
1056:
1054:
1051:
1049:
1046:
1045:
1043:
1036:
1033:
992:
989:
988:
986:
982:
976:
973:
971:
968:
967:
965:
961:
958:
956:
952:
942:
939:
937:
934:
932:
929:
928:
926:
922:
916:
913:
911:
908:
906:
903:
902:
900:
896:
893:
891:
887:
877:
874:
872:
871:Albert Ferran
869:
867:
864:
862:
859:
857:
854:
852:
849:
847:
844:
842:
839:
837:
834:
832:
829:
827:
824:
822:
819:
817:
814:
812:
809:
807:
804:
802:
799:
797:
794:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
774:
772:
769:
767:
764:
762:
761:Pierre Lescot
759:
757:
754:
753:
751:
747:
741:
738:
736:
733:
731:
728:
726:
723:
721:
720:Escalier Daru
718:
716:
713:
711:
708:
706:
703:
701:
698:
696:
693:
691:
688:
686:
683:
681:
678:
676:
673:
671:
668:
666:
663:
661:
658:
656:
655:Louvre Castle
653:
652:
650:
646:
643:
641:
637:
627:
624:
622:
619:
618:
616:
612:
609:
607:
603:
594:
589:
587:
582:
580:
575:
574:
571:
564:
560:
556:
555:9782914373487
552:
548:
544:
541:
538:
534:
531:(paperback).
530:
529:9782905053800
526:
522:
521:9780828825863
518:
514:
510:
507:
506:9781574670325
503:
499:
495:
492:
488:
484:
480:
476:
473:
472:9780313312557
469:
465:
461:
458:
454:
450:
446:
443:
440:
436:
432:
428:
424:
423:
409:
402:
398:
393:
384:
375:
366:
357:
355:
345:
338:
332:
323:
321:
311:
307:
292:
287:
280:
275:
268:
263:
262:
261:
259:
255:
251:
247:
243:
239:
235:
227:
222:
206:
201:
197:
196:
188:
183:
182:
181:
178:
174:
170:
169:King Louis XV
166:
162:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
135:
134:
129:
128:
123:
122:
121:Ercole amante
116:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
84:
82:
81:Paris Commune
78:
74:
70:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
29:
19:
1005:
941:Louis Le Vau
936:Jean Bullant
914:
856:Gaston Redon
786:Louis Le Vau
725:Grand Louvre
546:
543:Wild, Nicole
512:
497:
478:
463:
457:Google Books
448:
426:
420:Bibliography
408:
392:
383:
374:
365:
344:
331:
310:
231:
195:Encyclopédie
193:
172:
167:. The young
160:
158:court ballet
153:
141:
137:
131:
125:
119:
117:
97:Louis Le Vau
90:
44:
36:
34:
1027: /
700:Salon Carré
685:Cour Carrée
660:Lescot Wing
234:Paris Opera
61:Paris Opera
1042:Categories
1012:48°51′47″N
984:Architects
924:Architects
749:Architects
177:marionette
1015:2°19′55″E
876:I. M. Pei
563:826926792
491:857906464
439:679305165
57:Louis XIV
545:(2012).
537:WorldCat
254:Napoleon
173:Cardenio
73:Napoleon
561:
553:
527:
519:
504:
489:
470:
437:
337:p. 261
198:(1772)
154:livres
142:Psyché
138:livres
133:Psyché
127:livres
99:, and
302:Notes
53:Carlo
559:OCLC
551:ISBN
525:ISBN
517:ISBN
502:ISBN
487:OCLC
483:Copy
468:ISBN
453:Copy
435:OCLC
431:Copy
240:and
107:for
35:The
535:at
455:at
1044::
557:.
523:.
399:;
353:^
339:).
319:^
260:.
115:.
95:,
83:.
592:e
585:t
578:v
565:.
539:.
508:.
493:.
474:.
459:.
441:.
403:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
_livre6_plate20_(detail,_modified)_-_KU.jpg)
.jpg)
