Salle Favart

Salle Favart
Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique
Principal facade of the Salle Favart
AddressPlace Boïeldieu,
2nd arrondissement
Paris
Coordinates48°52′15″N 2°20′16″E / 48.8709°N 2.3378°E / 48.8709; 2.3378
Public transitRichelieu – Drouot
TypeOpera house
Capacity1200 seats
Construction
Opened1898
ArchitectLouis Bernier
Tenants
Opéra-Comique
Website
www.opera-comique.com

The Salle Favart (French pronunciation: [sal favaʁ]), officially the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique ([teɑtʁ lɔpeʁa kɔmik]), is a Paris opera house and theatre, the current home of the Opéra-Comique. It was built from 1893 to 1898 in a neo-Baroque style to the designs of the French architect Louis Bernier and is located on the Place Boïeldieu just south of the Boulevard des Italiens.