Opera Bastille Paris : Paris Tourism

2-6, place de la Bastille 75012 Paris A great architectural competition was organised in Paris in 1983 in order to build a new opera house in the neighbourhood of “la Bastille”. Carlos Ott was chosen amongst 750 applicants. This project led by the President Francois Mitterand caused a severe polemic. Despite a geometrical shape and outside walls made of glass and charcoal grey marble, the architect could preserve the general aspect of the bloc. The auditorium contains 2 700 places and has a social aim: it was built in the Eastern part of town which is far away from the rich parts of Paris. The inauguration was symbolic as well, as the Opera Bastille opened on the 14th of July, 1989.