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This exhibition tells the story of the Paris Opera in the 19th century through the works of Edgar Degas.
Throughout his career, from his beginnings in the 1860s to his late works after the turn of the century, Degas made the Opera the central point of his work, a sort of 'room of his own'. He explores the various spaces - stage, lodges, foyer, dance hall - linking them to those who populate them, dancers, singers, musicians or spectators, dressed in black, haunting the scenes. This closed universe is a microcosm with endless possibilities and allows for different experiments: multiple points of view, light contrast, study of movement and the truth of the gesture.
La Classe de danse,1873-76. Huile sur toile, Washington,DC,The National Gallery of Art. Photo ©Washington,DC,The National Gallery of Art –NGA IMAGES
Le Rideau, vers 1881, Pastel, Washington, DC, The National Gallery of Art. Photo ©Washington,DC, The National Gallery of Art –NGA IMAGES
Ballet, dit aussi L’Etoile,1876, Pastel sur monotype, 58,4x 42cm, Paris, musée d’Orsay, RF 12258. Photo ©RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
- Monday:
- Closed
- Tuesday:
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09:30 - 18:00
- Wednesday:
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09:30 - 18:00
- Thursday:
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09:30 - 21:45
- Friday:
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09:30 - 18:00
- Saturday:
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09:30 - 18:00
- Sunday:
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09:30 - 18:00