Example sentences for: garnier

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  • Window-shop your way past the goldsmiths and furriers of the rue de la Paix to the ornate opera house (now named after its architect Charles Garnier to distinguish it from the new Opéra-Bastille; see page 52).

  • Modern dance is enjoying a revival, with a new wave of small, imaginative companies beginning modestly enough at the Café de la Danse (passage Louis-Philippe) and Théâtre Garnier before reaching the heights of the Théâtre de la Bastille.

  • The Grands Boulevards, running from the Madeleine past the Opéra-Garnier and all the way to place de la Bastille, comprised the fashionable heart of Paris from the 1860s until well into the 20th century.

  • In the realm of classical music, Paris has come back into its own, with many fine concerts at Salle Pleyel and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, opera at the new Opéra-Bastille, and the ballet at the Opéra-Garnier.

  • Students find quiet corners to read, relax, or play tennis, and children sail their boats on the octagonal pond or ride a merry-go-round designed by none other than Charles Garnier, architect of the Opéra (see page 45).


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