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was built for separate plays. Opening in 1941, the Esplanada building was demolished in May 1981, and the present adjoint building opened on 27/28 December 1984 after three years of transition in the department store building at the nearby
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By the 1970s, the opera house was badly in need of major renovations; when some considered it not worth restoring, a new theatre was proposed for the site. However, between 1982 and 1984, preceded by the opposing
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In response to the combination of high subsidies for the Opera and the lack of cultural programs for the youth in Zurich, large protests were held in May 1980. The protests became known as the
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only slightly. It was built in only 16 months and was opened in 1891 and became the first opera house in Europe to have electrical lighting.
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As restored, the theatre is an ornate building with a neo-classical façade of white and grey stone adorned with busts of
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The Opera House also holds concerts by its Philharmonia orchestra, matinees, Lieder evenings and events for children.
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It was the city's main performance space for drama, opera, and musical events until 1925, when the
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Corporate archives and historical library collections are held at the music department of the
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The Zurich Opera House is also home of the International Opera Studio (
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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Zürich
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Share of the Theater-Actiengesellschaft Zürich, issued 1. May 1891
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that has been providing the main funding since 1995. Swiss banks
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It received the "Opera Company of the Year" award at the 2014
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Opernhaus Zürich AG is organised pursuant to Swiss law as a
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are to be found. The auditorium is built in the neo-
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Opernhaus Zürich

Sechseläutenplatz
Zurich
Coordinates
47°21′54″N 8°32′49″E / 47.36500°N 8.54694°E / 47.36500; 8.54694
Opera house
www.opernhaus.ch
‹See Tfd›
opera house
Zurich
Sechseläutenplatz
Zurich Opera
Bernhard-Theater Zürich
Ballett Zürich
International Opera Awards

Richard Wagner
Fellner & Helmer
theatre in Wiesbaden

Bernhard Theater
Schanzengraben
Opernhauskrawalle
Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Rudolf Kelterborn
Chekhov
Der Kirschgarten
Weber

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