The company was established in 1755 and was granted the status of "National Opera" in 2002 by the French Ministry of Culture.
The company uses two main buildings for its performances. The Opéra Comédie, built in the Italian style and opened in 1888, houses a 1,200-seat main auditorium and the 350-seat Salle Molière concert hall. The interior of the Italian-style opera house, built from 1884 to 1888 by Cassien Bernard, a pupil of Charles Garnier, has been noted by critics.[1] It has been listed as a historic monument since September 2020.[2]
Since 1990, the company has also performed at the 2,000-seat Opéra Berlioz in the Le Corum arts complex.[3] The new opera house was inaugurated with the same work which had opened its predecessor 102 years before, Les Huguenots, complete, with Gregory Kunde and Nelly Miricioiu conducted by Cyril Diederich.[4] An opening night reviewer described the house "with pink granite walls, movable wooden ceiling and wooden orchestra-pit" as "attractive and functional", and acoustics which allowed all instruments to be heard and good projection for the voices.[4]
opéra, national, montpellier, languedoc, roussillon, opera, company, located, place, comédie, montpellier, france, opéra, comédie, montpellierthe, company, established, 1755, granted, status, national, opera, 2002, french, ministry, culture, company, uses, mai. The Opera national de Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon is an opera company located in the Place de la Comedie in Montpellier France L opera Comedie a MontpellierThe company was established in 1755 and was granted the status of National Opera in 2002 by the French Ministry of Culture The company uses two main buildings for its performances The Opera Comedie built in the Italian style and opened in 1888 houses a 1 200 seat main auditorium and the 350 seat Salle Moliere concert hall The interior of the Italian style opera house built from 1884 to 1888 by Cassien Bernard a pupil of Charles Garnier has been noted by critics 1 It has been listed as a historic monument since September 2020 2 Since 1990 the company has also performed at the 2 000 seat Opera Berlioz in the Le Corum arts complex 3 The new opera house was inaugurated with the same work which had opened its predecessor 102 years before Les Huguenots complete with Gregory Kunde and Nelly Miricioiu conducted by Cyril Diederich 4 An opening night reviewer described the house with pink granite walls movable wooden ceiling and wooden orchestra pit as attractive and functional and acoustics which allowed all instruments to be heard and good projection for the voices 4 The orchestra of the opera is the Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon References edit Pitt Charles Review of Genoveva in Montpellier Opera April 1985 p392 3 Montpellier l Opera Comedie bientot inscrit au titre des monuments historiques History pages Archived 2011 11 30 at the Wayback Machine on company website in French a b Joel Kasow France Montpellier s new opera house Montpellier Opera February 1991 p206 207 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opera Comedie Opera national de Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon website nbsp This article about an opera company or opera festival is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about something in the French city of Montpellier is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Opera national de Montpellier amp oldid 1190785035, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
