Paris Photograph - A Night at the Opera II by Louise Fahy

A Night at the Opera II is a photograph by Louise Fahy which was uploaded on March 27th, 2010.

A Night at the Opera II

Details from the interior of the magnificent Opera Garnier in Paris, France. The Palais Garnier was designed as part of the great Parisian... more

by Louise Fahy

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A Night at the Opera II

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Louise Fahy

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Photograph - Digital Photograph Layered With Textures And Edited With Intuous Wacom Tablet

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Details from the interior of the magnificent Opera Garnier in Paris, France. The Palais Garnier was designed as part of the great Parisian reconstruction of the Second Empire initiated by Emperor Napoleon III, who chose the Baron Haussmann to supervise the reconstruction. The project was put out to open competition in 1861, and was won by the architect Charles Garnier (1825�1898). The foundation stone was laid in 1861, followed by the start of construction in 1862. In 1896, one of the counter-weights for the grand chandelier fell, killing one. This, as well as the underground lake, cellars, and other elements of the Opera House, inspired Gaston Leroux in 1909 to write his classic Gothic novel, The Phantom of the Opera.

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March 27th, 2010