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Théâtre du Châtelet

Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre located on place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1862.

Directed by Olivier Py since 2023, it presents musicals, operas, classical concerts, jazz, recitals, and dance. From 2002 to 2016, it hosted the César Award ceremony for cinema. Théâtre du Châtelet is also a member of the European Network for Opera and Dance Education (RESEO). Wikipedia ↗

Actually paid

117.2€M

Ordered (contract ceilings)

25.9€M

Works & capital 11.2 €MSubsidies paid 106.1 €M

Subsidies paid to the operator106.1 €M

THEATRE MUSICAL DE PARIS →over 7 years · 2018–2024

Break down by year (7 years)

202415.6 €M

202315.4 €M

202215.4 €M

202114.8 €M

202016.3 €M

201916.5 €M

201812 €M

Works paid for, year by year11.2 €M

3.2 €M

See the 7 works programmes in detail (2009–2017)

TMP CHATELET2.9 €M TMP CHATELET - RENOVATION2.9 €M TMP CHATELET2.4 €M Théâtre Chatelet - Sécurité1.6 €M TMP CHATELET - RENOVATION743 k €Théâtre Chatelet - Sécurité340 k €TMP CHATELET - RENOVATION184 k €

Payments traced in the City’s published accounts: detailed per works programme until 2017, then only for some large projects from 2019. Each line links to the online accounts.

Contracts signed for this place25.9 €M

Travaux tous corps d'état Théâtre du Chatelet lot 2BALAS · 201710.2 €M Restauration Théâtre du Chatelet-Travaux Patrim lot 3BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF · 20175.3 €M Restauration Théâtre Chatelet-lot 4- Machinerie SceniqueBC CAIRE · 20172.9 €M

Show the 15 other contracts

Maîtrise d’œuvre Mise Normes Tech./restauration Décors Théâtre ChateletPHILIPPE PUMAIN ARCHITECTE SARL · 20152.8 €M Travaux Réseaux Sceniques Théâtre Chatelet lot 5SNEF · 20171.4 €M Travaux Curage Depollution Théâtre ChateletVALGO · 2017660 k €Facade Théâtre D Chatelet -lot 8:METALLERIE/PDUITS VerrVERRE ET METAL · 2018483 k €Assistance à maîtrise d’ouvrage Subséquent Conduite Opération TH. Ville et Th.chateletARTELIA · 2017429 k €Travaux Monte-orchestre Théâtre du Châtelet 75001BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF · 2015309 k €Installations Électriques Théâtre du Châtelet 75001TRAVAUX BATIMENTS ELECTRICITE SECUR · 2015291 k €Travaux Restauration Facade Principale Théâtre Chatelet 1ERSTE LOUIS GENESTE ET SES FILS · 2019281 k €Remplacement Armoires Électriques Th.chatelet 75001 M.STRAVAUX BATIMENTS ELECTRICITE SECUR · 2014184 k €Restauration Statues du Théâtre Chatelet lot 7ATELIERS ENACHE · 2018132 k €Restaur Facade Théâtre Chatelet lot 9:candelabres/lanterEIFFAGE ENERGIE SYSTEMES IDF · 2019118 k €BCT Restauration Partielle Decor Théâtre Chatelet lot 1QUALICONSULT · 2016104 k €BCT Restauration Partielle Decor Théâtre Chatelet lot 1QUALICONSULT SECURITE · 2016100 k €Maîtrise d’œuvre et Cssi Installations Électriques Théâtre du ChâteletSOC INT DE TECH AVANCEES ET DE SECU · 201485 k €Remplact Contrepoids Rideau de FER Théâtre du Châtelet 75001A M G FECHOZ · 201581 k €

Maximum amount set in the contract, not the final spend: what was actually paid on each contract is not published by the City. Each line links to the contract record.

Key moments

SEPTEMBER 1999completion announced in session, amendment contestedThe amendment to the stage-tower contract (800,000 francs, or 1.4% of the overall works budget according to Alain Le Garrec) was contested; one councillor announced his personal abstention. Rapporteur Hélène Macé de Lépinay stated that the works had been completed on 1 July 1999 within the planned schedule and that reopening was planned for 8 October 1999.

MAY 2008the extension principle comes before the CouncilThe Council approved the principle of extending the theatre into the former Hôtel du Palais, 2 quai de la Mégisserie, the procedures for awarding the project-management contract, and the filing of demolition and construction permit applications.

JUNE 2009presented in session as the City's largest grantThe deliberation draft combined an operating-subsidy amendment and an equipment agreement for a total amount of 9,273,000 euros. Danielle Fournier stated that the City's support for the institution thus reached 17,746,000 euros for the year; Christophe Girard reported more than 300,000 visitors per year.

MARCH 2015the works schedule and staff's fate in questionA motion on the planned renovations: Jean-François Legaret, mayor of the 1st arrondissement, laid out the schedule as he said he understood it — from summer 2017 to summer 2019, i.e. two and a half seasons — and raised the question of the fate of the 143 staff members and the continuity of programming.

NOVEMBER 2018private sponsorship contested in sessionA tripartite sponsorship agreement with the Fondation du Patrimoine and the association to finance the works. Danielle Simonnet contested the project: according to her, the City was going to ask Total for support of 250,000 euros, and the Fondation Total would be acknowledged on a plaque affixed to the grand foyer project.

OCTOBER 2020the opposition calls for the audit's publicationThe subsidy draft of 15,800,000 euros was examined alongside two motions from the Changer Paris group, one calling for publication of the audit on the theatre's management, the other on its future. Catherine Dumas stated in session that the board had revoked artistic director Ruth Mackenzie's position in late August 2020 following an audit.

See 2 more moments

MAY 1996the clarity of spending disputed in sessionAn equipment subsidy of 1,200,000 francs and a safety-works operation of 3,530,000 francs were voted on the same evening. Alain Le Garrec argued that it was not possible to vote item by item for lack of an overall view of investments; the chair of the session replied that he had already provided a summary statement of expenditure for the past ten years.

MAY 2017advertising as a source of works funding, debatedThe Council adopted the public domain occupancy agreement for an advertising display space on the scaffolding, despite the Green councillors calling for a vote against it. Bruno Julliard stated that Decaux had made the best offer and estimated that it could help finance 2.7 million euros of additional works.

AI reading of 30 documents out of the 329 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

In the Municipal Bulletin

Théâtre du Châtelet appears in the municipal bulletin as early as the end of the 19th century as a property administered by the City: in January 1898, Émile Rochard, director of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, was awarded the leasehold rights to the theatre, for an annual rent of 150,100 francs on a starting price of 150,000 francs. In 1904, the City leased out the theatre's outbuildings on avenue Victoria — large premises of 130 square metres on the ground floor, with a basement of equal size. The archive record then offers only one isolated episode, seven decades later: in April 1975, the Council convened a special committee devoted to the Théâtre du Châtelet, without the bulletin saying more on the matter here. Over nearly a century, the venue thus appears first as a property leased out by the City, before becoming the subject of a Council working session.

Read the 3 citations in the municipal bulletin archives (Gallica)

1898“Under a report received on 24 January 1898 by Me Mahot de la Quérantonnais, notary, Mr Émile Rochard, director of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, was awarded … the lea…”

1904“Outbuildings of the Théâtre du Châtelet. — TO LET Large premises located on avenue Victoria, on the ground floor, with a total area of 130 square metres, with a…”

1975“At 3 p.m. (6th Commission room). — Special committee on the Théâtre du Châtelet”

Account written by AI from the selected extracts of the city’s official bulletin — each extract links to the scanned page on Gallica.

Sources

Conseil de Paris (Débat-Délibs) ↗ · Bulletin municipal officiel (Gallica/BnF) ↗ · CA annexes, Ville de Paris · Wikipédia ↗

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