Palais Garnier Audio Guide
Explore Palais Garnier with Stanza's GPS-triggered offline audio guide.
About the Tour
Palais Garnier is a historic 19th-century opera house located in Paris, France. It serves as a performing arts venue and also functions as a museum building, showcasing its opulent architecture.
What you will hear
The Monumental Façade
The tour begins at the south façade to establish the 'Napoleon III' style and highlight the controversial 'The Dance' sculpture and the building's golden apex.
The Dance
This lively group of figures once sparked such intense public outrage that it became a target for vandalism shortly after its unveiling.
Rotunda of the Subscribers
This area focuses on the exclusive entrance for season-ticket holders and the intricate mosaic work that defines the building's polychromy.
Rotunda of the Subscribers
This grand circular hall served as an exclusive gateway for the social elite who held seasonal subscriptions to the opera.
The Grand Staircase
This 'theater within the theater' was the social heart of Paris; the images capture both the sweeping marble steps and the magnificent painted ceiling.
The Grand Staircase
The sweeping curves of the Grand Staircase were designed as a stage where the audience itself became the performance during intermissions.
Ceiling of the Stairway
High above the stairs, grand paintings depict the power of music and the triumph of the gods, setting the stage for the night.
The Auditorium and the Phantom's Box
This stop covers the performance hall, Marc Chagall's modern ceiling, and the specific architectural features that inspired 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
The Auditorium
This classic horseshoe-shaped hall was masterfully designed to seat nearly two thousand spectators in a setting that prioritized social appearance.
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