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Performers in costumes performing Pygmalion at the Royal Opera at the Palace of Versailles

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Actors perform Pygmalion at the Royal Opera in the Palace of Versailles in France. The ornate opera house was built in 1770, opening its doors as part of the wedding celebrations for the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Photograph by James L. Stanfield, Nat Geo Image Collection