Opéra de Monte-Carlo

The Opéra de Monte-Carlo is an opera company in the principality of Monaco. With the lack of cultural diversions available in Monaco in the 1870s, Prince Charles III, along with the Societe des Bains de Mers, decided on the construction of an opera house on a high spot overlooking the Mediterranean. Initially, it was Charles III’s private theatre with the main entrance reserved for the Royal family and a private staircase taking them to their richly-adorned private box. This was to be the Salle Garnier which opended in 1879. During the renovation of the Salle Garnier in 2004/ 2005, the company presented operas at the Salle des Princes of the local Grimaldi Forum, a modern conference and performance centre where Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra regularly perform. Within eight months, the Salle Garnier was completed under the architect Charles Garnier, who also designed the Palais Garnier in Paris. The new Salle Garnier was an exact replica in... full article at wikipedia