Théâtre Eden
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Entrance facade of the Éden-Théâtre
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Detail from an 1893 map of Paris with the Éden-Théâtre on the left and the Opéra (Palais Garnier) on the right
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| Address | 7 rue Boudreau, 9th arrondissement Paris |
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| Coordinates | 48°52′20″N 2°19′45″E / 48.872153°N 2.329155°ECoordinates: 48°52′20″N 2°19′45″E / 48.872153°N 2.329155°E |
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| Opened | 7 January 1883 |
| Demolished | May 1895 |
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The Éden-Théâtre was a large theatre (4,000 seats) in the rue Boudreau, Paris, built at the beginning of the 1880s by the architects William Klein and Albert Duclos (1842–1896) in a style influenced by orientalism. It was demolished in 1895.
Inspired by Moghol architecture, it was inaugurated on 7 January 1883 with the ballet Excelsior! with music by Marenco, and this was followed in subsequent years by other spectacular ballets. The theatre witnessed the single performance of the first Paris production of Wagner's Lohengrin, on 3 May 1887 (in French) with Van Dyck and Fidès Devriès, conducted by Lamoureux, which aroused enormous opposition among the Parisian public. This was followed in 1888 by La fille de Madame Angot with Judic and Granier and Le petit duc with Dupuis and Granier. The four-act version of Orphée aux enfers with Christian and Granier, a revival of Excelsior!, and the Paris premiere of Charles Lecocq's Ali-Baba were presented in 1889.
After a ballet and a grand revue, the theatre was renamed Théâtre Lyrique in October 1890, and the first Paris performance of Samson et Dalila with Talazac and Bloch and La jolie fille de Perth with Émile Engel and Cécile Mézeray were presented, but the theatre closed before the end of the year due to lack of funds.
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