To design this ceiling, Chagall produced about fifty sketches, in various techniques (pencil, ink, gouache, felt-tip pen, collage) and two final models, one of which will be used to create the final canvas (a model of one square meter and half which was then expanded to its final size of 220m²). Created in one year, this ceiling brings together everything that “makes” Chagall: colors, abundance of winged figures, flowers, musical instruments … The fresco pays homage to fourteen composers and their works.
Chagall had already worked for the world of opera and ballet with the creation of sets and costumes for “The Firebird”, “Daphnis and Chloé” or “The Magic Flute”. The story goes that it is becoming aware of the somewhat sad character of the Opera Garnier room that André Malraux, French Minister of Culture, asked his friend Marc Chagall, who at that time worked on the windows of the Jerusalem Synagogue and of which he was great admirer, to make a new ceiling.
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