Salle Favart [Paris, FR]
type: Item
description: former theatre and opera house in Paris, France, 2nd of that name (1840-1887)
alternative label: Opera Comique
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
City: Paris
Country: France
opening date: 1840-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Théodore Charpentier
Burnt down date: 1887-05-25T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1882-03-17T00:00:00Z
structure replaced by: Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique [Paris]
Wikidata source: Q66124060
EUTA building identifier: 6578
Fires in Theatres id: 106
Fires in Theatres id: 260
Fires in Theatres id: 370
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 534
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 4034
Modern Opera Houses ID: 764
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1840 by Bernier as the 2nd Salle Favart on the site of the 1st Salle Favart (built 1783, destroyed by fire in 1838). Named in honour of the French opera librettist and Vaudeville author, Charles Edouard Favart. Home to the Opéra-Comique company. Destroyed by fire on 25 May 1887.