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Opened in 1913, the Theatre des Champs Elysées is one of the most beautiful performing venues in Paris. This building houses, in reality, three theatres - Le Grand Theatre is home to opera, dance, symphonic concerts and recitals, while the more intimate settings of La Comédie and Le Studio host repertory theatre. This Art Deco style building was designed by a daring group of artists: architects Van de Velde and the Perret Brothers, the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle who carved Isadora Duncan among others in the bas-reliefs on the façade, the painters Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard and René Lalique who designed the lights.
The artistic adventure of the Theatre was marked throughout the century by the presence of prestigious composers, conductors, dancers and singers. This theatre remains noted for the "scandal" of the first performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes whose music and choreography were shocking at that time.
The photo shows the view of the cupola. The model of the decoration is exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
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