It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris opened. Its opulent interior is famous throughout the world. In 2025, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled ...

Plan Ahead: The best way to fully experience the Palais Garnier is by purchasing a ballet or opera ticket. Remember to book your tickets several months in advance, as performances are highly coveted.

Russian-born artist Marc Chagall once said that "the dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world." And it is difficult to conceal one’s wonder beneath ...

Every year, the program "Tous à l’Opéra !" invites the general public to step inside the great houses of lyric art. L’Opéra ...

The opportunity to stay at the Parisian opera house, built in the 19th century, is being offered through Airbnb Melissa Montoya is an associate editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

It's an April morning on the Place de l'Opéra in Paris and Gilles Djeraouane, house manager of the Palais Garnier, perches on a roof ridge of the opera house's majestic dome at a vertigo-inducing ...