Trianon-Concert (1894) Trianon-Théâtre (1902) Théâtre Victor-Hugo (1903) Trianon-Lyrique | |
 View from the second balcony during a performance | |
  Le Trianon Location within Paris | |
| Coordinates | 48°52′58″N2°20′35″E / 48.882839°N 2.343059°E /48.882839; 2.343059 |
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| Type | Private theater |
| Capacity | 1,091 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1894 |
| Architect | Joseph Cassien-Bernard |
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Le Trianon (French pronunciation:[lətʁijanɔ̃]) is a theatre and concert hall in Paris. It is located at 80, boulevard de Rochechouart, in the18th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the hill ofMontmartre.
TheTrianon-Concert was built as acafé concert in 1894 in the garden of theÉlysée Montmartre, which was requisitioned for the purpose.[1]Édouard Jean Niermans (1859–1928), a young architect who designed or rebuilt several theaters around that time, designed and decorated the Trianon-Concert.[2]Opening in 1895, the Trianon-Concert was one of Paris's first music halls.[3]Mistinguett, (Jeanne-Marie Bourgeois) made her debut at the Petit-Casino and the Trianon-Concert in its first year.Although her voice was thin, she was an accomplished mimic and comedian who became known for her shapely legs and risqué routines, and later became a star at theMoulin Rouge.[4][5]
In 1897 a new owner of theÉlysée Montmartre refurbished the property, making two rooms: one for concerts, reviews and recitals, and the other for dancing and skating.The architect, again Édouard Niermans, used steelwork salvaged fromGustave Eiffel'sPavillon de France, built for theExposition universelle (1889).Artists such asLa Goulue, Grille d’Egoût andValentin le désossé performed on the stage, andHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a regular visitor.[1]The quick-change artistLeopoldo Fregoli performed there.[3]
However, on the night of February 17–18, 1900 the hall and some of the other buildings of the Élysée were destroyed by a fire. Only the facade remained.[6]Fregoli, who had been playing there for the past five days, lost all his decorations and costumes.[7][6]
After the fire, the architectJoseph Cassian Bernard, a student ofCharles Garnier and the designer of thePont Alexandre III, undertook construction of a new 1000-seat theater in the Italian style, with two levels of balconies.It was inaugurated on December 18, 1902 as theTrianon-Théâtre. The theater was renamed theThéâtre Victor-Hugo in 1903, a subsidized theater that gave performances of classical works.[1]In 1906 the theater became the Trianon-Comique.[6]It was home to a branch of theOpéra-Comique that specialized in operetta.Picasso visited the theater and drew portraits of many of the habitués.In 1917 the theater was renamed theTrianon-Lyrique. It became simplyLe Trianon in 1920. In 1936Le Trianon became a music hall, putting on performances by artists such asYvette Guilbert,Marie Dubas,Fréhel andPierre Dac.[1]
In 1939 the hall was converted into theCinéphone Rochechouart, a cinema, using projectors that had been installed in 1936.Jacques Brel frequented the cinema in the early 1950s, where he wrote some of his texts.[1]In the post-war years the cinema was a popular venue, putting on family shows that might include a documentary and newsreel, live performances, and then a movie in color and cinemascope. Costume dramas were followed by swashbuckling adventure films, spaghetti westerns and then karate and kung fu films.However, by the mid-1980s audiences were slumping as TV and VCR provided convenient alternatives to the cinema.In 1992 the cinema was forced to close.[1]
After returning to live performance, the theater presented plays and classical music concerts but was best known for performances of singers such asCarla Bruni,Jacqueline Danno,Bénabar andHigelin, and for musical comedies.[3]The theater also staged operas, operettas, musicals, show cases, fashion shows, movie previews, variety shows and festivals. It hosted the final phase of auditions of theNouvelle Star TV show from 2003.Les Wriggles recorded a show on September 23, 2005.
Included in the inventory of historical monuments in 1988, "Le Trianon" was closed for a complete restoration in 2009 did byJulien Labrousse architect and new owner of the place. It reopened to the public on November 20, 2010 with a series of concerts by artists that includedM.I.A.,Goldfrapp,Deftones,Tricky,Ayọ,Chic,Herman Dune,Julien Doré,Gonzales,Rodrigo y Gabriela,Raphael Saadiq andMacy Gray.[8]Le Trianon hosted the French-naturalized Indonesian singerAnggun for her concert in June 2012.The singerRihanna appeared at Le Trianon on November 17, 2012 during her "777 tour" to promote her new albumUnapologetic. And in July 2013, Singer-songwriter andRapperKe$ha performed during her European Leg of her 2nd solo headlining tour theWarrior Tour. On December 11, 2013, English superstar Fryars played a show to a captivated and aroused audience. On October 17, 2015, for the first time, the venue held aDeath metal concert starring the bandOpeth, celebrating their 25th anniversary for a sold out crowd.
American pop girl groupFifth Harmony performed their concert at the venue on November 9, 2015 as the last and final stop on the European leg of their extendedReflection Tour.
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The Trianon has a grand entrance on the ground floor and contains the ballroom, winter garden, theater and a restaurant on the street, as well as dressing rooms, catering and offices. The theater can hold 647 people seated in the orchestra and 440 people in the two balconies.Each of the balconies has a hall and wide stairs leading down to the vestibule and ballroom.[8]On the ground floor "Le Petit Trianon" is a coffee shop designed from the origins of the establishment and again in operation since May 2011 after 20 years of closure.The theater is served by the Anvers metro station.
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