Le Journal de l’Opéra

Le Journal de l’Opéra is cited often as an authentic source of information about events and personalities at the Opéra between 1671 and 1985, and it should be noted here that this work is neither a newspaper nor a serial publication. It is an unpublished document, and it is the sole existent record of day-by-day affairs at the Opéra. The pages of this lengthy manuscript are in ledger form, and the columns of the right-hand pages offer space for entries recording facts pertinent to each daily…