After it’s reconstruction (and relocation) it became a hot spot for high society, and with the advent of the Second Empire in 1852 it was renamed ‘the Theatre of the Imperial Academy of Music.’( The establishment underwent a number of name changes over the years: Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique (1821–1848), Opéra-Théâtre de la Nation (1848–1850), Théâtre de l’Académie Nationale de Musique (1850–1852), Théâtre de l’Académie Impériale de Musique (1852–1854), Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra (1854–1870)) View of the new Opera House from the Rue de Provence © New York Public Library Digital Collections It had been built in 1821 to replace the ‘Salle Montansier’ on Rue de Richelieu, which had been razed to the ground by King Louis XVIII in 1820 after Charles-Ferdinand d’Artois (Duc de Berry and the son of the future Charles X) was assassinated there on 13 February of the same year. In the top left-hand quarter of the painting we can see part of the façade of Paris Opera which at the time was located at 12 Rue Le Peletier. This painting depicts the attack carried out by the Italian revolutionary Felice Orsini against Napoleon III, and is the work of the little-known Italian painter H.
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