In 1819 the ‘Académie de Chant’, the first Conservatoire, was established in the rue Bergère. Director Cherubini lived in the premises. Later extended and rebuilt, entrance rue du Conservatoire. Concert hall for ‘Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire’, 1828-1967. Today the institute is devoted to dramatic art ─ Some authentic details are extant – plaque of Berlioz