Charles Garnier, the architect, was the last one shortlisted for the project. Emperor Napoleon III started a competition for an “Imperial Academy of Music and Dance” in December 1860.

PARIS — When Charles Garnier, at the age of 36, turned out to be the surprise winner of an occasionally funny, partly corrupt and ridiculously complicated competition for the building of a new ...

From the theater's statuary to its interior paintings, mosaic and tapestries, Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra was designed to be read like a book.

Thirteen years later, in 1874, architect Charles Garnier’s neo-baroque masterpiece, Le Palais Garnier, was finally complete. But rumours of a vast, fish-filled lake swirling beneath the building ...

Kitty-corner to the Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo and in the heart of Monte Carlo, the building's beaux-arts design was overseen by Charles Garnier, architect of the Paris opera.

The architect, Charles Garnier (it was named after him) was the son of a blacksmith and he knew how to create sparks. From the moment you start up the entrance steps, you, the audience, become ...

Paris' Opera Garnier Celebrates 150 Years : State of the World from NPR Commissioned by Napoleon, the opulent Opera Garnier is named after its architect, Charles Garnier. Garnier rose from the ...

Palais Garnier Unveils Coco, ... Breathing new life into the historic Charles Garnier building, the restaurant Coco has recently opened its doors in an attempt to fulfill that vision.

It’s a curious truth that one of the few buildings in the world named after its architect is an opera house. Or at least that’s how Allan Greenberg sees it, referring of course to Charles ...