WHEN a counterweight crashed through the roof of a Paris opera house, Gaston Leroux stored the story away to help create the Phantom of the Opera. A fire in the roof of the opera house had melted ...

French author Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera was released in 1910, based on rumors he'd heard about the Palais Garnier, the Paris opera house, one about a fire in the roof of the opera ...

Step into one of Paris’s most iconic locations — the majestic Opéra Garnier. This walking tour captures the everyday buzz, the stunning architecture, and the elegance of one of the city’s grandest ...

Known for celebrating artistic, literary, and musical creativity in honor of Pierre de Polignac, Caroline’s grandfather, the awards have always held a special place for the Grimaldi family. This year, ...

Set in the royal court of Scotland, evoked with humour, fantasy and more than a nod to parallels with Britain’s current Royal Family, the opera tells a story of love, jealousy, subterfuge and betrayal ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Medee” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions.

British actor Ralph Fiennes will direct his first opera, the Paris National Opera announced on Wednesday. He is set to stage Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the historic Palais Garnier in January ...

The Phantom of the Opera is receiving a new twist. According to Deadline, a contemporary French-language adaptation of the influential Gaston Leroux novel will soon begin production, with a cast that ...

It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris opened. Its opulent interior is famous throughout the world. In 2025, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled ...

Aerial view of the Palais Garnier, Paris, February 10, 1929. AP It stands at the top of Paris's Avenue de l'Opéra, its facade a sculpted memory of harmony, music, opera and dance, whose nude bodies, ...