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Letter from Paris.(opera houses)
Sipping an overpriced glass of champagne during the intermission of Rameau's Les Indes Galantes in the overwhelming formality of the Palais Garnier's foyer, you may think you have arrived in some sort of operatic heaven. The gilded grandeur and chic, self-regarding public only add to the dreamlike, Proustian atmosphere of the auditorium, while, rowing mysteriously on the natural lake under the building, the phantom of the opera is never far away. On the other hand, struggling up the cramped cement stairways of the modern Opera Bastille, you could be forgiven for believing you were in, a poorly designed provincial airport. This incongruous duo forms the Opera National de ...
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