Source: Châtelet, Quai de Gesvres - here is the other early example from Antoine Blanchard's Paris street scene series that we recently added to our available online inventory.
Antoine Blanchard "Châtelet, Quai de Gesvres"
Théâtre du Châtelet is one of the theaters designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann, built between 1860 and 1862. Originally used for drama performances, it later became a place for operettas, ballets, music concerts, and for a short time it was also a cinema. Since 1906, regular seasons of opera and ballet have been offered by a variety of impresarios, as well as by visiting international companies as diverse as Diaghilev's (1872-1929) Ballets Russes (formed in 1909) and the present-day Kirov Opera. Igor Stravinsky’s (1882-1971) Petrouchka received its first performance in the theater on June 3, 1911, as did Erik Satie, Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso’s Parade on May 18, 1917. In addition, many foreign composers and conductors made appearances in the theater, including Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss.
Since 1979 it has been operated by the City of Paris and, after undergoing a major restoration in 1980, reopened under the name of the Théâtre Musical de Paris. In 1989 it was acoustically re-modeled and the name was changed back to the Théâtre du Châtelet. Today it is mainly used for opera performances and concerts.