Toulon Opera

It is currently the home of the Opéra Toulon Provence Méditerranée, under the direction of Jérôme Brunetière.

The Toulon Opera House (Fr: Le Grand Theâtre de Toulon) was one of a wave of lyric opera houses built in France and Europe in the middle of the 19th century, and it represented the exuberant style of the Second Empire.

He died in 1860, and the work was finished by Paris architects Charpentier, pére et fils.

The opera house was the setting for the French film La Malédiction de Belphégor [fr] (The Curse of Belphegor), by Georges Combret, in 1966.

Past music directors of the company have included Giuliano Carella (2003-2018) and Jurjen Hempel (2018-2021).