Théâtre des Champs-ÉlyséesAuguste Perret
Exterior · Paris, France · 1913
Photo: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom · 2009-07-11 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3648×2736
A theatre in Paris It is the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. One Avenue Montaigne. The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a Parisian theatre, famous for being the place of the scandal related to the first performance of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in 1913. In spite of its name, it is not located on Champs-Élysées, but at 15, avenue Montaigne, still in the VIIIe arrondissement of Paris, France. Completed in 1913, the venue is one of the few major examples of Art Deco in Paris. It is the work of architect Auguste Perret, with an exterior bas relief by Antoine Bourdelle, a dome by Maurice Denis,