State Opera [Prague]
type: Item
label: Staatsopera Praag @nl
label: Státní opera Praha @cs
label: Ópera Estatal de Praga @es
description: Theatre building in Prague, Czech Republic, opened in 1886
description: operagebouw in Tsjechië @nl
alternative label: State Opera
EUTA building identifier: 42
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Czech Republic
City: Prague
GPS: Point(14.4328 50.0803)
Wikidata source: Q1886083
opening date: 1888-01-05T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1886-03-29T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366738.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366739.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366740.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Capacity: 1041
Capacity: 1554
Address: Legerova 57/75, 110 00 Praha
Web: state-opera
architectural style: Renaissance Revival architecture
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Hermann Helmer
Commons galery: Státní_opera
Redevelopment date: 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
Importance: international importance
Building relation: freestanding building
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Preservation state: representative building
type of operator: resident theatre company
building purpose: Theatre operation building
Theatre space character: performing arts building
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 297
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, I. pp. 17, 18; Block plan, I. p. 17; General view, I. p. 17; Detail of box division, I. p. 18; Front elevation, I. PL 29 ; Longitudinal section, I. PL 29 ; Transverse section, I. PL 29 ; Auditorium, details, I. PL 30 ; Plan area, I. PL 30 ; Plan 2nd tier, I. PL 31 ; Plan 3rd tier, I. PL 31 ; Subsidy of, III. p. 4 ; Staircase plan at entrance level, HI. p. 84 ; Lounge, III. p. 87 ; Skeleton section of audi­torium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 18 ; References, III. pp. 70, 86.
Note: Built 1886-1887 as Neues Deutsches Theater [New German Theatre] for Deutscher Theatervereinby Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer at the site of the demolished wooden Neustädter Sommertheater (1859-1886). Opened 5 January 1888 with Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Partially destroyed by bombs in 1945. Subsequently rebuilt and re-opened as Smetavono divadlo in honour of the Czech composer, Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) in 1949. 1968-1973 major renovation of the auditorium, complete modernization of the technical equipment, extension by a new administrative building. 1980-1981 modernization of the stage, renovation of the auditorium. Renamed Státní Opera [State Opera] on 1 April 1992. Originally ca. 2200, today 1046 seats. Operated by the Národní Divadlo company.