Th��tre de la Porte Saint-Martin Photo Sculpture
Facade of the Th��tre de la Porte Saint-Martin by Oscar de la Chardonni�re (architect) and Jacques-Hyacinthe Chevalier (sculptor), 1873 Boulevard Saint-Martin Quartier de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 10th arrondissement Paris, July 2010 �The Th��tre de la Porte Saint-Martin is a venerable theatre and opera house at 18, Boulevard Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. It was first built very rapidly in 1781 under the direction of Nicolas Lenoir (fr) (1726�1810) to house the Paris Op�ra, whose previous home, the second Salle du Palais-Royal, had burned down on 8 June 1781. The new theatre had a capacity of about 2,000 spectators and included a parterre with the lowest-priced tickets sold only to males who stood throughout the performances, an amphitheatre, and four rows of boxes. The Op�ra used the theatre from 27 October 1781 until August 1794. The theatre was destroyed by fire during the Paris Commune of 1871 and replaced in 1873 with a building designed by the architect Oscar de...