The Paris Opera announced Thursday that it had been forced to extend planned renovations on its historic home in the French capital by three years because of lead contamination.

The Paris Opera announced Thursday that it had been forced to extend planned renovations on its historic home in the French capital by three years because of lead contamination.

Initialement prévus pour deux ans, les travaux de modernisation du bâtiment vieux de 151 ans vont être allongés de trois années supplémentaires à cause de la présence de plomb.