Opéra [Vichy]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Vichy, France
alternative label: Opéra
EUTA building identifier: 1650
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: Vichy
GPS: Point(3.4195 46.1232)
Wikidata source: Q3354566
opening date: 1903-05-31T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1300
Web: opera-vichy.htm
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 1435
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1898-1901 by Charles Lecoeur with Lucien Woog, in the course of a rebuilding of the Casino complex. Opened 2 June 1901 with Verdi's Aida. Officially opened 31 May 1903 with a gala performance of Tristan Bernard's vaudeville L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle, Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci and orchestral works. 1940-1944 home to the Assemblée Nationale and the Senate, the parliaments of the French Vichy regime collaborating with Nazi Germany. 1995 major restoration. Re-opened as part of the Palais des Congrès Opéra. Used for congresses and opera performances. 1300 seats.