The Monte-Carlo Opera was inaugurated 140 years ago, on 25 January. Artists, personalities and politicians came from all over the Côte d'Azur and Paris to celebrate the inauguration in 1879.
Police Commissioner Richard Marangoni gave his New Year address in the presence of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, Minister of State Serge Telle, Minister of the Interior Patrice Cellario, and a number of other personalities during the traditional event held in the conference room at the Oceanographic Museum.


