Degas at the OperaA lavish new investigation into the Paris Operas influence on Edgar Degas's painting. From his debut in the 1860s up to his final works after 1900, the Paris Opera formed a focal point of Edgar Degas's paintings. He explored the theater's various spacesauditorium and stage, private boxes, foyers, and dance studiosand painted those who frequented them: dancers, singers, orchestral musicians, audience members, and subscribers watching from the wings.