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Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel.Today's Alte Oper was built in 1880 as the city's opera house, which was destroyed by bombs in 1944. [6]
The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt.. Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Schreker's Der ferne Klang in 1912, Fennimore und Gerda by Frederick Delius in 1919, and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937.
The Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (Frankfurt Opera House and Museum's Orchestra) is the resident orchestra of the Oper Frankfurt.Its somewhat peculiar name is derived from the series of "Museum Concerts", organized by the Frankfurter Museumsgesellschaft since 1808. [1]
Opened in 1782, the Comoedienhaus (comedy house), with a seating capacity of 1,016, [2] was the first permanent venue of theatre in Frankfurt, for both plays and opera. [3] In 1880, an opera house (Opernhaus) was built, with a seating capacity of 2,010. [4]
The Opernplatz is the most central square of the Bankenviertel. It is named for the Alte Oper (Old Opera) building, which today serves as a concert hall. [1] The Sofitel Frankfurt Opera hotel is located at Opernplatz 14. The Opera Quarter with some of Germany's most well known luxury shopping streets is located to the east of Opernplatz.
The Alte Oper is a former opera house, hence the name "Old Opera". The opera house was built in 1880 by architect Richard Lucae. It was one of the major opera houses in Germany until it was heavily damaged in World War II. Until the late 1970s, it was a ruin, nicknamed "Germany's most beautiful ruin".
The opera house was established and inaugurated in 1880 following the donations of Frankfurt's citizens. The new law courts were opened in Heiligkreuzstrasse in 1889 and followed by the theatre in Untermainanlage in 1902.
Plans of the historic Schauspielhaus Frankfurt 1899. Main temporary location of the Schauspiel from 1945 to 1963 was the Börsensaal. [3] A new house for opera and play was built at the Theaterplatz, completed in 1963. [6] When Harry Buckwitz was general manager, the ruins of the Schauspielhaus were restructured to house both play and opera.