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Origin and history

The Trianon, originally called Trianon-Concert, was built in 1894 at the site of the old garden of the Élysée-Montmartre, a famous Parisian café-concert. As early as 1895, he welcomed renowned artists such as Mistinguett, La Goulue or Valentin the Boneless, marking the beginnings of the Belle Époque. However, in 1900, a fire ravaged the room and part of the outbuildings of the Élysée-Montmartre, requiring complete reconstruction.

The architect Joseph Cassien-Bernard, student of Charles Garnier and designer of the Alexandre-III bridge, oversees the reconstruction of the theatre, which reopens in 1902 under the name Trianon-Théâtre. Over the years, he changed his name several times: theatre Victor-Hugo (1903), Trianon-Lyrique, then simply Trianon. In 1908, he became a branch of the Opéra Comique, specialized in operetta. After the death of its director Pierre around 1928 (father of Jacqueline Joubert, future TV presenter), the place turned to music-hall in the 1930s, welcoming stars like Yvette Guilbert or Fréhel.

In the 1936s, the Trianon became a cinema, attracting figures like Jacques Brel in the 1950s. Faced with the cinema crisis in the 1980s, he became a theatre again in 1992 under the impetus of Guy Balensi. Listed in the historical monuments inventory in 1988, it was restored in 2009 by Julien Labrousse and Abel Nahmias. Since then, its eclectic programming includes theatre, concerts (Carla Bruni, Benabar), operas, musicals, and events such as the New Star finals or sports competitions.

The Art Deco-style building also houses Le Petit Trianon, a café-restaurant reopened in 2011 after twenty years of closure. Located at 80 boulevard Marguerite-de-Rochechouart, it remains a major cultural place in the 18th arrondissement, served by the Antwerp metro station (line 2).

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