The museum Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris

musée de l opéra (2011).



dancer alexandre kalioujny jacques gestalder

the modern museum has 5 rooms display 3 centuries of paris opera s history through paintings, costumes, drawings of scenery, , scale models of set designs. altogether, museum conserves 8 500 objects.

at top of stairs lead museum bronze sculptor jacques gestalder, depicts dancer alexandre kalioujny in mid-leap during performance of michel fokine s ballet les danses polovtsiennes, based on polovtsian dances of borodin s prince igor.

visitors able see shelves of books , scores, protected grilles. these materials include fifteen thousand scores , thirty thousand librettos , accessible public on days when museum not open tours. museum s collections extensive displayed @ 1 time, consist of approximately 8,500 objects, including 2,500 models of sets, 500 set design drawings, , 3,000 pieces of costume jewelry.

the library-museum has organized more 25 exhibitions since 1992, in collaboration bnf , others. of items in collection have been displayed @ musée d orsay.