Utterly fabulous. The ceiling of the Opera Garnier by Marc Chagall.

[CTyankee]

https://www.pariscityvision.com/en/paris/landmarks/opera-garnier/chagall-ceiling

Now I have to go back to Paris as soon as they open up for us. Oh, damn...

[leftieNanner]

1. It is truly breathtaking

My husband and I were in Paris in 1985, exploring. We stopped at the box office at the Opera to see what was on the schedule while we were in town. So the next night we saw the ballet Giselle. Nureyev danced the secondary male role and it was a night to remember!

[CTyankee]

2. I was gonna go to Barcelona but maybe we could do a two city trip.

Back when I traveled to Europe every year there were deals you could find at Trip Advisor. If you go off season (but not too "off&quot the rates are better.

[leftieNanner]

3. Let's Go!!

Friends of ours just sold their house in Oregon and moved to Malaga. They don't have children, so didn't have the tie to the US that we do.

I'm so itchy to travel again!

[CTyankee]

5. My daughter has the time and the money. Her only problem would be her family might wanna go

too, but they've all been to Paris so maybe not.

She won't be paying for any more college as the youngest graduates this year.

I can't wait to go!

[CurtEastPoint]

4. I took this one a few years ago. That place is magic!

[CTyankee]

6. I don't know how I missed this on my last Paris trip. I think I was deep into my art history so

I was at the Louvre and the Musee d"Orsay a LOT.

I don't know how I missed this outstanding Chagall ceiling...

[CurtEastPoint]

7. And remember that both Reims and Metz, not that far, have Chagall windows.

https://curt.pixels.com/art/chagall

[elleng]

9. However DID we miss it???

[CTyankee]

15. We had so much else to do!

[elleng]

17. Oh YES, we DID!

[CTyankee]

18. It's funny because I am writing a book now on the relationship between art and music and so

many painters were besotted by music, esp. in France, involving the Garnier. It was THE gorgeous hall for concerts. Delacroix was there to hear Paganini play and painted a full length painting of this mesmerizing violinist. Of course, Parisians paid a big price for going to theatre and generally partying on and then uh, oh, they are dropping dead from cholera. It was an interesting time!

[elleng]

19. Interesting.

Sending my grands (2, 5, 6,7) art and music books.

Awful that likely won't be able closely to inform them, as my folks and I did in the past.

[CTyankee]

20. Yes I remember my mother taking me to concerts (I have some black and white photos of me

in my concert dress, a full length pink satin dress with a bouffy long skirt. I remember it fondly. People used to dress up to go to the opera in those days. I adored that dress and remember it very well.

[elleng]

21. Dad took me to the ballet, yearly,

AND to at least one of Lenny's Young People's Concerts. OTHER things too, followed by 'dinner' @ Granados Spanish Restaurant in The Village. (and Europe, sputnik day.)

I/we took the girls to Ken Cen for various performances.

(Getting sad now, none of that available now for my grands.)

[CTyankee]

22. I remember the Kennedy Center was pretty new when we moved there YEARS go (first husband).

And the Vietnam Memorial was just being installed. I passed it every day carpooling into the district from N.VA. I remember it being VERY controversial at the time. And I remember being shocked when I learned that the new subway system just installed CLOSED at 6 p.m.!! I remember thinking then I wasn't gonna like the D.C. area very much. I was right.

[elleng]

23. LOL! Subway opened longer hours regularly, as time went on, and stretched out.

Hours shrinking now, I think, due to covid, but as I'm 60 miles south of DC now, I haven't used it for years.

(SORRY our visit to National Gallery was messed up, and your unfortunate situation thereafter; my office was down the avenue therefrom, so I lunched there occasionally; and Cherry Blossoms!)

[CTyankee]

24. The national Gallery is a treasure!

[elleng]

8. WOW!

[MLAA]

13. Stunning shot! Well done!

[Demovictory9]

10. pretty

[Karadeniz]

11. Love his work!!!!

[MLAA]

12. I'll see you there!

[CurtEastPoint]

14. A little closer to home, remember his 'America' windows in the Art Institute in Chicago!

https://www.sartle.com/artwork/america-windows-marc-chagall

[CTyankee]

16. I had hoped to go to Chicago to see them but hubby got too disabled to go!