In 1862 during Haussmann’s modernization of Paris the Théâtre de la Gaîté of the boulevard du Temple was relocated to the rue Papin across from the Square des Arts et Métiers.The new theatre built in an Italian style to designs of the architects Jacques-Ignace Hittorff and Alphonse Cusin opened on 3 September.Within a decade the focus began to shift from melodrama to operetta and opera so the theatre also came to be known as the Gaîté-Lyrique.In the early 1920s Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes danced here and after World War II it was used for musical comedy.
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address
3–5 rue Papin 3rd arrondissement
demolition year
1989-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
former name
Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, Opéra Populaire (1879), Théâtre National Lyrique (1876–7)
