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Auditorium Architecture

From July 20th to October 27th, 2024 -

Musée d'Orsay

The 19th century witnessed a remarkable increase in the production of plays, operas, operettas and concerts, along with lectures, reviews and what would come to be known as “music hall”.

As a result, more venues than ever before had to be built to host such events and so enable ever-more numerous audiences to enjoy the shows on offer. Architects’ inventiveness knew no bounds when it came to providing cities with ever larger and more beautiful auditoriums, drawing on a long history reaching back to Antiquity.