The opera on Richelieu street , or Montaissance Hall ( French Opéra de la rue de Richelieu, ou salle Montansier ) is an opera house operating in Paris in 1793-1820 . It was designed by architect . It was located on (in 1793-1806 - Prava street ) on the site of the current ( 2nd district ).
History
The National Theater ( Théâtre-National ) on Prava street was built in 1792-1793 by the architect , commissioned by the enterprising actress , who already directed one Paris theater. Its new large, comfortable and roomy theater hall, designed for 2,300 spectators, was opened on April 15 (August?) 1793 . Montansier, who played in new plays here, was a great success, which probably caused envy. With the outbreak of the revolutionary Terror, she was arrested - the actress was charged with deliberately building a theater opposite the National Library , in order to burn a collection valuable to the nation.
After Montagnier’s arrest, her theater by decree of April 14, 1794 was placed at the disposal of the former Royal Academy of Music (that is, the Paris Opera ), which moved here three months later, on July 27 (9th Thermidor II of the Republican calendar ), leaving the , who occupied since 1781 , - after the Palais Royal theater burned down. The building was adapted for the troupe by architects Raymond and . The first performance of the new Theater of the Arts ( Théâtre des Arts ) took place ten days later, on August 7, 1794 .
Released from prison with the end of the Terror, Montansier began to demand the return of the lost property, which the artists of the Opera used “for their own pleasure”. The lawsuit ended on the fifth messidor of the third year (June 25, 1795 ), when a decree was issued on the transfer of the theater into the ownership of the French nation in exchange for compensation in the amount of eight million francs with bank notes.
The 3rd Nivaza of IX year (December 24, 1800 ) at the theater was planned the French premiere of " " by Joseph Haydn . At that moment, when the first consul of the Republic of Napoleon Bonaparte was heading to the Opera, was on the street of San Nicaise. a hell of a car that claimed several lives. Bonaparte, who was not affected by the attempt, was greeted with a standing ovation in the theater.
Among other significant productions performed on the stage of the theater, which changed its official name several times after the changes in power, were the first performance in France of Mozart's “ Magic Flute ” ( 1801 ) and the premiere of Vestalka Spontini (December 15, 1807 ).
Theatrical life boiled here until 11 pm on February 13, 1820 , when a certain Louis Louvel attacked the heir to the French throne, the Duke of Berry , who left the theater after the performance and was heading to his crew with his wife Maria Carolina . The mortally wounded duke was transferred to one of the premises of the theater, where he died at 6 a.m. on February 14.
After his death, all performances were canceled, the theater was first closed and then demolished. In its place, a square was laid out, and where the murder took place, at the request of King Louis XVIII , the construction of a memorial chapel, the Monument of Atonement, began. The building was at the stage of finishing work, when the July Revolution took place in the country in 1830 , and with it the next change of power. After 1835, the unfinished monument as an “inappropriate reminder” was dismantled, and in 1839, Richelieu Square was defeated here, which in 1844 was decorated with a , made by the architect Louis Visconti , commissioned by King Louis Philippe .
Later, the square was planted with trees - now there is , and nothing reminds us either of the theater or of the monument in memory of the murdered Duke of Berry .