When Charles III commissioned the Salle Garnier opera house in the mid-1870s, he wanted his own private entrance which is this western façade. The statue in front is Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet, a famous French composer who wrote 35 operas. The primary entrance to the Opéra de Monte-Carlo is through the casino’s marble atrium. It has 28 Corinthian columns made from onyx.
