It is one of the two (along with Opera Bastille) Parisian opera houses that fall under the state-run Opéra National de Paris.
Opéra Garnier has been called the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris, along with Notre-Dame, the Louvre, and the Sacre Coeur Basilica.
The Palais Garnier is also home to the Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra de Paris (Library-Museum of the Paris Opera), managed by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
