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Salle Ventadour
The Salle Ventadour, a former Parisian theatre in the rue Neuve-Ventadour, now the rue Méhul (2nd arrondissement of Paris), was built between 1826 and 1829 for the Opéra-Comique, to designs by Jacques-Marie Huvé, a prominent architect. The original theatre had a capacity of 1,106, but was subsequently taken over by the Théâtre-Italien and expanded to a capacity of 1,295 in 1841, thereafter becoming perhaps most noteworthy as the theatre in which the majority of the operas of the Italian
Passage Choiseul
Passage Choiseul is one of the covered passages of Paris, France located in the 2nd arrondissement. It is the continuation of Rue de Choiseul.
History.
The Passage Choiseul is on a site previously occupied by four "hôtels particuliers", acquired by the for a real-estate development that included the Opéra-Comique's nearby Salle Ventadour. The passage was built between 1826 and 1827, first to the designs of the architect , then Antoine Tavernier. Mazois died before the building was complete, and