Grand Théâtre [Angers]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Angers, France, opened in 1865
description: theater in Angers, Frankrijk @nl
alternative label: Grand Théâtre
EUTA building identifier: 1540
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: Angers
GPS: Point(-0.5522 47.471)
Wikidata source: Q3114602
opening date: 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135586
Address: Place du Ralliement, 49100 Angers
Web: index.html
Redevelopment date: 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/13484-Grand-Theatre-d-Angers
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q185223
Carthalia ID: 1185
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, III. pp. »2, 43; General view, III. p. 43; Plan, area, III. p. 43 ; Longitudinal section, III. p. 43 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. opp. p. 62 ; Diagram of box-front line, III. p. 62.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1865-1871 by Auguste-Joseph Magne, replacing a former theatre (built 1794-1795 by Thoribel and Chartier, destroyed by fire on 4-5 Dec 1865). Ceiling painting by Jules Eugène Lenepveu. Opened 11 Nov 1871. Originally 1160 seats. In the 1900s converted into a cinema (Grand Cinéma). Later reconverted into a live theatre.