Reza at Palais Garnier (Old Opéra House) and Galeries Lafayette

Reza at Palais Garnier (Old Opéra House) and Galeries Lafayette <![CDATA[1. ]]>

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<![CDATA[3. Main staircase.]]>

<![CDATA[4. Same.]]>

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<![CDATA[10. Ground floor of the Opera hall. Remember this statue, it will be featured later.]]>

<![CDATA[11. Stage director Patrice Chéreau (right).]]>

<![CDATA[12. Reza and his beloved statue by Aristide Maillol (1861-1944).]]>

<![CDATA[13. Richard Wagner and Reza.]]>

<![CDATA[14. Entrance of the Library-Museum of the Opéra de Paris.]]>

<![CDATA[15. Grand foyer (

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<![CDATA[16. Same.]]>

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<![CDATA[20. View into the Grand foyer.]]>

<![CDATA[21. Chagall's ceiling. Opera hall.]]>

<![CDATA[22. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[23. Same, closeup.]]>

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<![CDATA[25. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[26. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[27. Rehearsal on stage.]]>

<![CDATA[28. Same.]]>

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<![CDATA[31. Reza with Salieri (if you don't know who he is, ask Mozart).]]>

<![CDATA[32. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[33. In the corridors of the Opéra.]]>

<![CDATA[34. Ceiling above the main staircase.]]>

<![CDATA[35. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[36. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[37. Balcony of the corridor of the 1st floor.]]>

<![CDATA[38. Apollo holding a lyre. A 7.5 m bronze cast of this group sits at the top of the Opéra Garnier building.]]>

<![CDATA[39. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[40. View into the Grand foyer.]]>

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<![CDATA[42. Ceiling of a secondary hall.]]>

<![CDATA[43. Marietta Alboni (1826-1894), one of the best contraltos in the history of opera.]]>

<![CDATA[44. Feet and shoes of statue featured in photo n° 10.]]>

<![CDATA[45. Same, of the opposite statue.]]>

<![CDATA[46. Chanel shoes at Galeries Lafayette.]]>

<![CDATA[47. Reza reflecting about the cost of ladies shoes in France vs. Indonesia.]]>

<![CDATA[48. Ceiling of Galeries Lafayette.]]>

<![CDATA[49. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[50. From atop the Galeries Lafayette.]]>

<![CDATA[51. Fashionista Reza.]]>

<![CDATA[52. The Arts-et-Métiers métro stop of line 11, designed by Belgian cartoon drawer François Schuiten to look like a Jules Verne submarine.]]>