Théâtre des Tuileries

Coordinates: 48°51′47″N 2°19′55″E / 48.863086°N 2.331982°E / 48.863086; 2.331982
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Plan of the Tuileries Palace with the theatre marked in blue (1756)

The Théâtre des Tuileries was a theatre in the former

Théâtre de Monsieur (from January to December 1789). In 1808 Napoleon had a new theatre/ballroom built to the designs of the architects Percier and Fontaine. The Tuileries Palace and the theatre were destroyed by fire on 24 May 1871, during the Paris Commune
.

Salle des Machines

The auditorium, designed and decorated by the architects

Catherine de Médicis.[2] Estimates of its seating capacity range from 6,000 to 8,000.[3] The unusually deep stage was located in a gallery situated between the auditorium and a new, more northern pavilion, later designated as the Pavillon de Marsan.[2]

The hall was inaugurated on 7 February 1662 with the premiere of Cavalli's

King Louis XV made his first and last appearance in a dancing role in this production. After Cardenio there were no further productions, except for some marionette shows in the 1730s.[5] In view of the large expenditures on the theatre, it is surprising that it was so little used. Modern histories cite the poor acoustics, but Coeyman suggests that its disuse may have been the result of its large size: "the hall may have simply been too hard to fill."[7]

  • Plans of the Salle des Machines from Diderot's Encyclopédie (1772)
    Plans of the Salle des Machines from Diderot's Encyclopédie (1772)
  • Long section of the Salle des Machines
    Long section of the Salle des Machines

Later incarnations

The assassination of Jean-Bertrand Féraud in the National Convention, 1795

The theatre later underwent three substantial transformations: the first in 1763, when it was greatly reduced in size for the

Jacques Soufflot and Jacques Gabriel;[8] the second begun in November 1792 and competed before 10 May 1793, when the National Convention moved from the Salle du Manège to the Salle des Machines;[9] and the third in 1808, when Napoleon had a new theatre built to the designs of the architects Percier and Fontaine.[10]

  • Modifications by Soufflot and Gabriel in 1763 (north to the right)
    Modifications by Soufflot and Gabriel in 1763 (north to the right)
  • Hall of the National Convention in 1793 (north to the left)
    Hall of the National Convention in 1793 (north to the left)
  • Napoleon's theatre of 1808
    Napoleon's theatre of 1808

Notes

  1. ^ Coeyman 1998, pp. 45–46.
  2. ^ a b Wild 1989, p. 404.
  3. ^ Coeyman 1998, p. 53. According to Wild 1989, p. 406, the number of places was 4,000 "d'ap. A. Donnet", but the latter author actually gives the capacity as 6,000 (Donnet 1821, p. 261).
  4. ^ Coeyman 1998, pp. 46, 55.
  5. ^ a b Coeyman 1998, p. 47.
  6. ^ Gaines 2002, pp. 394–395.
  7. ^ Coeyman 1998, p. 53.
  8. ^ Wild 2012, p. 406.
  9. ^ Lenôtre 1895, p. 95; Babeau 1895, p. 61.
  10. ^ Wild 1989, pp. 406–407.

Bibliography

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