Salle de la Bourse
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2nd arrondissement,
Paris
Théâtre des Nouveautés | |
 Principal facade of the Salle de la Bourse | |
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| Address | Rue Vivienne at its intersection with the Rue des Filles-St. Thomas, 2nd arrondissement, Paris |
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| Coordinates | 48°52′09″N 2°20′24″E / 48.869147°N 2.340072°E |
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| Capacity | 1200 seats[1] |
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| Opened | 1 March 1827[1] |
| Closed | 1 April 1869[1] |
| Demolished | 1869 |
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The Salle de la Bourse (French pronunciation: [sal də la buʁs]) was a Parisian theatre located on the rue Vivienne in the 2nd arrondissement, across from the Paris Bourse, hence the name. It was successively the home of the Théâtre des Nouveautés (1827–1832), the Opéra-Comique (1832–1840), and the Théâtre du Vaudeville (1840–1869). The theatre was demolished in 1869.
The Salle de la Bourse was built to the designs of the French architect François Debret for the first Théâtre des Nouveautés, which opened there on 1 March 1827.[1] The founder was Cyprien Bérard, a former director of the Théâtre du Vaudeville. The programs consisted of ballads, opéras comiques (Hector Berlioz was a chorister there for a few months), satires and political plays. The theatre suffered the prohibitions of censorship and had recurrent difficulties with the Opéra-Comique, which refused to share its privileges. However, for other reasons Bérard was forced to close his theatre on 15 February 1832.[2][3]
Opéra-Comique (1832–1840)
By chance the Opéra-Comique, which had been bankrupted by the exorbitant rents at the Salle Ventadour, left that theatre and on 24 September 1832 opened at the Salle de la Bourse, which was often still referred to as the Théâtre des Nouveautés. The Opéra-Comique remained at the theatre for almost eight years, and the premieres of Hérold's Ludovic and Le pré aux clercs, Adam's Le chalet and Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Halévy's L'éclair, Auber's L'ambassadrice and Le domino noir, and Donizetti's La fille du régiment were all given there. The company's last performance in the theatre was on 30 April 1840, after which it moved to the new (second) Salle Favart.[2][4][5][6]
