Imperial Theatre [Compiègne]
type: Item
label: Teatro Imperial de Compiègne @es
description: Theatre building in Compiegne, France
description: theater in Frankrijk @nl
alternative label: Imperial Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 581
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: Compiègne
GPS: Point(2.8304 49.4197)
Wikidata source: Q3527845
opening date: 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 138111
theatrEurope table: HST_0046
context: Le théâtre n a fait l objet d aucune restauration, conserve en état de bonne marche sa traditionnelle machinerie en bois. Il s agit d un exemple unique de théâtre de cour des années 1830.
context: Ce théâtre de cour a été aménagé en quelques semaines pour le mariage de la fille du Roi Louis-Philippe, Louise d'Orléans avec Léopold 1 ier Roi des belges.
Capacity: 816
Web: www.theatre-imperial.com
architect: Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/15613-Theatre-Imperial-de-Compiegne
Address: 3, rue Othenin
Postal Code: 60200
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q192105
Carthalia ID: 1236
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built from 1867 by Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet for emperor Napoleon III, on the former site of a Carmelite convent (which later became famous through Poulenc's opera Dialogues des Carmélites). Construction stopped in 1870 due to the French-German war. 1990-1991 major renovation. Opened Sep 1991 with Saint-Saëns's Henry VIII. Home to the Théâtre Français de la Musique opera company. Used for opera, drama and ballet performances, and for concerts.