ABC Wednesday—O is for "opera house"

This is still one of the most beautiful buildings
in Paris, especially when it's all lit up
at night.  Since the (not at all attractive, imho)
Opéra Bastille was opened in 1989, the
19th-century Palais Garnier now hosts mostly
ballet performances.

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Shadow Shot Sunday

Here's a quiet corner behind the scenes
at Paris's most beautiful opera
house, the Opera Garnier, where it's
mostly ballet that's performed these days.

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The Weekend in Black and White

I love these beautiful ballerina lamps, 
which can be had (for a price)
at the gift shop at the Opéra Garnier.

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Weekend Reflections

That's about 30 reflections in one photo
(probably a record for me).  This
is a shop near the Opéra Garnier, in Paris.

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Thursday Challenge—"place (2)"

As in Place de l'Opéra.  This is, of course,
the Opera Garnier, home of the Phantom and—now
that they've built the other (ugly) opera house
at the Place de la Bastille—where you go to enjoy the
ballet (Nureyev and Fonteyn danced here, btw).

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ABC Wednesday—R is for "Repetto"

It's conveniently located on rue de la Paix, around the
corner from the Opéra Garnier—home of the
Paris Opera Ballet company, the world's oldest
(it was founded in 1661 by Louis XIV).
This is where ballerinas come to get their ballet slippers
—male dancers too (Nureyev was a customer).

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