Erkel Theatre [Budapest]
type: Item
label: Erkelovo divadlo @cs
description: Theatre building in Budapest, Hungary
description: theater in Boedapest @nl
alternative label: Erkel Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 178
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Hungary
City: Budapest
GPS: Point(19.0767 47.4969)
Wikidata source: Q727749
opening date: 1911-12-07T00:00:00Z
architect: Marcell Komor
architect: Dezső Jakab
architect: Géza Márkus
Redevelopment date: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 395
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1912-1913 as a private opera house, Népopera/Volksoper, by M. Komor and D. Jacob with Géza Márkus. From 1917 operated by the city of Budapest. Subsequently interior rebuilding by Vago Laszlo. After World War II, operated by the Hungarian State Opera and renamed Erkel Színház in honour of the Hungarian opera composer and conductor, Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893). 1951-1952 auditorium rebuilding by Oskar Kaufmann. 1959-1961 new façade and extensions by foyers and function rooms by Iván Kotsis. 2340 seats.