"I exited the metro station at the intersection of Boulevard Haussmann, Rue Chaussée d'Antin, and Rue La Fayette in front of the luxury department store Galleries Lafayette. I walked a short distance down Rue Halevy, named for the French composer; detoured onto Rue Gluck, named for the German born composer; and passed through opened, large, iron gates that border onto Place Diaghilev, named in honor of the Russian impresario of the Ballets Russes. Continuing across the courtyard, I entered the stage door and announced myself at the reception desk. The concierge acknowledged my arrival, made a call on the house telephone, and asked me to please wait as someone would arrive shortly to bring me inside.