Opernhaus am Zwinger
| Opernhaus am Zwinger | |
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 Interior | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Opera house |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Town or city | Dresden, Saxony |
| Coordinates | 51°03′35″N 13°44′02″E / 51.0597°N 13.7339°E |
| Construction started | 1718 |
| Opened | 1719 |
| Destroyed | 1849 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann |
The Opernhaus am Zwinger (Opera house at the Zwinger) was a theatre in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, opened in 1719. The architect of the Zwinger, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, was also responsible for the opera house situated next to its south-western pavilion. The building replaced the first opera house of Dresden, the Opernhaus am Taschenberg, which was transformed to a church.[1]
The three-tier hall seated up to 2000 people and was at the time one of the largest opera houses in Europe. The first performance was on 3 September 1719
Olimpiade, was performed in 1756. The building was used for balls and concerts. It burned down during the May Uprising in Dresden in 1849.[1][2] The next opera house, the Semperoper
, was built at a different location.
References
- ^ a b Löffler, Fritz (1976). Die Wiederholung der Orangeriebauten nach der Stadt und die vierte Zwingerseite in Der Zwinger in Dresden (6 ed.). VEB E. A. Seemann Verlag Leipzig. p. 35.
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Näther, Joachim; Hausswald, Günter (1985). "Das Opernhaus am Zwinger in Historischer Streifzug rings um die in neuer Schönheit erstandene Semperoper". Berlin: Bühnentechnische Rundschau, Friedrich Berlin Verl.-Ges.: 22. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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External links
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- Musikalische Chronik der Stadt Dresden (in German)
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