Peoples Opera [Vienna]
type: Item
label: Volksoper Wien @nl
label: Vídeňská národní opera @cs
label: Wiener Volksoper @it
label: Volksoper @es
description: Theatre building in Vienna, Austria, opened in 1898
description: theater in Wenen @nl
alternative label: Peoples Opera
EUTA building identifier: 542
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Austria
City: Vienna
GPS: Point(16.3504 48.2245)
Wikidata source: Q694747
Building date: 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Capacity: 1575
Web: www.volksoper.at
architect: Franz von Krauss
architect: Alexander Graf
Propertylabel: 195
opening date: 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q492777
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 143002
Carthalia ID: 75
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1898 as Kaiserjubiläums-Stadttheater by Franz von Krauß and Alexander Graf. Painted curtain by Karl Schüller and Georg Janny. Opened 14 December 1898 with Heinrich von Kleist's drama Die Hermannsschlacht. First opera performance in 1903 with Weber's Preciosa. Subsequently frequent performances of light opera and operetta, which made the house known under the popular name Volksoper [People's Opera]. 1938 renamed Städtische Volksoper. From 1945 to 1955 home to the Wiener Staatsoper ensemble (together with the Theater an der Wien building). 1961-1963 enlargement and renovation, 1973 redecoration of auditorium. Ca. 1820 seats.