Taken by a fish-eye lens, this {photograph} exhibits the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier in Paris on Dec. 9, 2024.
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Taken by a fish-eye lens, this {photograph} exhibits the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier in Paris on Dec. 9, 2024.
Joel Saget/AFP through Getty Photographs
Commissioned by Napoleon, the opulent Opera Garnier is known as after its architect, Charles Garnier. Garnier rose from the Paris slums to design one in all Europe’s most celebrated venues. Opera Garnier finally turned the inspiration for the novel and musical, “Phantom of the Opera.”
