Opéra National de Lorraine

Nancy


A harmonious blend of neoclassical and art-nouveau styles, this is Nancy’s lavish stage for opera and classical music. The resident orchestra performs at concerts apéritifs (€9), held at 11am roughly one Sunday a month.


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Nearby Nancy attractions

1. Place Stanislas

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Nancy’s crowning glory is this grand neoclassical square and Unesco World Heritage Site. Designed by Emmanuel Héré in the 1750s, it was named after the…

2. Hôtel de Ville

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Forming part of the place Stanislas ensemble, the grand 18th-century Hôtel de Ville spreads across the entire southern flank of the square.

3. Place de l’Alliance

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This lime-tree-fringed square, World Heritage material, is graced by a Baroque fountain by Bruges-born Louis Cyfflé (1724–1806), inspired by Bernini’s…

4. Musée des Beaux-Arts

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Lodged in a regal 18th-century edifice, Nancy's standout gallery occupies art lovers for hours. A wrought-iron staircase curls gracefully up to the 2nd…

5. Place de la Carrière

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Adjoining place Stanislas – on the other side of Nancy’s own Arc de Triomphe, built in the mid-1750s to honour Louis XV – is this quiet square. Once a…

6. Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy

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Bang in the centre of town, this museum brings together a natural history museum and aquarium under one rather stylish art-deco roof. Its tanks swirl with…

8. Vieille Ville

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A saunter through the charming old town takes in the silver-turreted, 14th-century Porte de la Craffe, Nancy’s oldest city gate, and place St-Epvre,…