Hungarian State Opera House [Budapest]
type: Item
label: Hongaarse Opera @nl
label: Maďarská státní opera @cs
label: Teatro dellOpera di Stato ungherese @it
label: Ópera Nacional de Hungría @es
description: Theatre building in Budapest, Hungary
description: bouwwerk in Boedapest @nl
alternative label: Hungarian State Opera House
EUTA building identifier: 132
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Hungary
City: Budapest
GPS: Point(19.0583 47.5028)
Wikidata source: Q36833
opening date: 1884-09-27T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0074
context: No heritage stage machinery
context: The Hungarian State Opera House (Hungarian: Magyar Állami Operaház) is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy út. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture. Construction began in 1875, funded by the city of Budapest and by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, and the new house opened to the public on the 27 September 1884. It is the second largest opera house in Hungary.
Internal image: Ungarische Staatsoper - Innenraum.JPG
Capacity: 1261
Web: www.opera.hu
architectural style: Renaissance Revival architecture
Redevelopment date: 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 401
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, I. p. 15 ; Block plan, I. p. 15; General view, 1. p. 15; P'ront elevation, I. PL 24; Plan ground level, I. PL 24 ; Plan area, I. PL 25 ; Plan 1 st tier, I. PL 26 ; Longitudinal section, I. PL 27 ; Front eleva­tion, details, I. PL 28; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 61; Lounge, III. p. 87 ; Stage: Transverse section, III. S. PL opp. p. 52 ; Cost and dimensions, III. pp. 16, 21 ; References, III. pp. 70, 86, 117.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1875-1884 as Királyi Operaház (Royal Opera House) by Miklós Ybl. Opened 27 September 1884 with an opera gala with music by Erkel and Wagner. The theatre had the first hydraulic sinkable stage in Europe. Exterior damaged in World War II. Re-opened 1945. 1950 auditorium renovation and slight alterations (new light system, new curtain, addition of 25 rows of seats) by Oskar Kaufmann. 1979-1984 and again from 2019 major renovations. Used for opera and ballet performances by the resident companies. 1277 seats.