Underground Lake Paris Opera House

We had been to see coppélia played by the young debutantes from the ecole de danse de l opéra national de paris in a version by patrice bart.

Underground lake paris opera house. In 1861 parisian workers attempting to lay the concrete foundations for a grand 2 200 seat opera house in the centre of the city were baffled. The subterranean lake below the paris opera house inspired the phantom of the opera s lair. The mysterious underground lake of the paris opera house. Initially referred to as le nouvel opéra de paris the new paris opera it.

The phantom s underground lake and other mysteries of the paris opera july 5 2010 we often get questions from travelers planning to tour the palais garnier in paris about the myths surrounding the story of the phantom of the opera. The tour guide at the paris opera house confirmed what that man had told me years ago. The palais garnier french. Erik is a deformed architect who helped build the paris opera house while simultaneously and secretly building an underground palace for himself where a vast subterranean lake flowed.

Palais garnier was designed for people watching. In the top right hand corner of the above blueprint you can see where the opera house follows rue scribe. In fact that was the inspiration behind the grand staircase. Found on the shore of the underground lake that lies beneath the paris opera house where it boarders the rue scribe gaston leroux the phantom of the opera.

Charles garnier architect of the eponymous opera house ran into a slight problem while digging its foundation. Yes there s an underground lake at the opéra garnier. Rumor has it french firefighters use it to practice mock rescues here. A little background on the mysterious underground lake.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world which now doubles as a theater. Gaston leroux the phantom of the opera 1910 searching the lobby for the concealed gateway to the opera basement proved to be a fruitless exercise. Unknown passageways into the opera. It began with the water.

In brief the story is a love triangle between the beautiful christine with her childhood friend raoul and the phantom erik. They had hit an arm of the seine hidden below ground and no matter how hard they tried to pump out the water it kept rushing back. Palɛ ɡaʁnje garnier palace or opéra garnier french. Unfortunately no one guests and employees alike have access to it.

The underground lake and its surrounding cellars inspired gaston leroux to write the phantom of the opera in 1910.