On this day, the famous cabaret music hall in Paris, the Folies Bergére, originally known as the Folies Trévise, first opened its doors to the general public. Built as an opera house and offering light entertainment including operettas, comic opera, popular songs, and gymnastics, it changed its name to the Folies Bergère on 13 September 1872 because of objections from the Duc de Trévise. The term ‘folies’ refers to pleasure houses built at the end of the 18th century near large cities to discreetly shelter the adulterous loves of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats. Year by year, from 1886 in the hands of Édouard Marchant and from 1918 in the hands of Paul Derval, the Folies Bergére gained its present day worldwide reputation for extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and scantily clad chorus girls.
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