The Salle de la Bourse was a Parisian

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located on the rue Vivienne in the 2nd arrondissement, across from the

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, hence the name. It was successively the home of the

Théâtre des Nouveautés The Théâtre des Nouveautés ("Theatre of the New") is a Parisian theatre built in 1921 and located at 24 boulevard Poissonnière (Paris, 9th arr.). The name was also used by several earlier Parisian theatre companies and their buildings, begin ...

(1827–1832), the

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(1832–1840), and the

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(1840–1869). The theatre was demolished in 1869.

Théâtre des Nouveautés (1827–1832)

The Salle de la Bourse was built to the designs of the French architect

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for the first

, which opened there on 1 March 1827. The founder was Cyprien Bérard, a former director of the

. The programs consisted of ballads, opéras comiques (

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was a

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there for a few months), satires and political plays. The theatre suffered the prohibitions of censorship and had recurrent difficulties with the

, which refused to share its privileges. However, for other reasons Bérard was forced to close his theatre on 15 February 1832.Hemmings 1994, 169–170.

Opéra-Comique (1832–1840)

By chance the

, which had been bankrupted by the exorbitant rents at the

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, 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 ''

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'' and ''

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'', Adam's '' Le chalet'' and ''

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'', Halévy's '' L'éclair'', Auber's '' L'ambassadrice'' and ''

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'', and Donizetti's ''

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'' 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)

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Théâtre du Vaudeville (1840–1869)

The

then moved into the Salle de la Bourse, opening on 16 May 1840 and remaining there until 11 April 1869,"Paris. 4: 1789–1870. (vii) Other companies. Théâtre du Vaudeville" in Sadie 1992, vol. 3, p. 873. when it moved into a new theatre on the

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. The Salle de la Bourse was closed and immediately demolished. In its place there is now a pub named The Vaudeville in memory of that theatre.

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Bibliography

* Bara, Olivier (2009). "The Company at the Heart of the Operatic Institution: Chollet and the Changing Nature of Comic-Opera Role Types during the July Monarchy" in Fauser and Everist 2009, pp. 11–28. * Fauser, Annegret; Everist, Mark, editors (2009). ''Music, theater, and cultural transfer. Paris, 1830–1914''. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. . * Hemmings, F. W. J. (1994). ''Theatre and State in France, 1760–1905''. New York: Cambridge University Press. (2006 reprint). * Sadie, Stanley, ed. (1992). ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' (4 volumes). London: Macmillan. . * Wild, Nicole; Charlton, David (2005). ''Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972''. Sprimont, Belgium: Editions Mardaga. . * Wild, Nicole ( 989. ''Dictionnaire des théâtres parisiens au XIXe siècle: les théâtres et la musique''. Paris: Aux Amateurs de livres. . (paperback)
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