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In 1714, when the High Society of Paris was seen at the Comédie Française and the Opera, small comedy plays were the preferred form of entertainment of the less well-off.
Musicians, puppeteers and comedy singers would parody the great tragic classics and rewrite the text of the great operas.
On 26 December 1714, Catherine Baron and Gautier de Saint-Edme set up this company unlike any other in the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Germain, calling it Opéra Comique.
But the company had a difficult start. The director Jean Monet invited the famous author Charles-Simon Favart. By giving the theatre its credentials, Favart made it a worthy competitor for the other theatres in the city.
In 1783, a new building was constructed for the Opéra Comique. That would be its final location, the one it still occupies today.
The Théâtre de l'Opéra Comique continues to put up many |
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