Margravial Opera House [Bayreuth]
type: Item
label: Markgrafelijk Operahuis @nl
label: Markraběcí operní dům v Bayreuthu @cs
label: Teatro dellopera dei Margravi @it
label: Ópera del Margrave @es
label: Margravial Opera House
description: Theatre building in Bayreuth, Germany, opened in 1740
description: operagebouw in Bayreuth, Duitsland @nl
EUTA building identifier: 617
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Bayreuth
GPS: Point(11.5787 49.9443)
Wikidata source: Q278908
opening date: 1748-09-23T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1740-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1820-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363482.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363483.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363484.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363485.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363486.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363487.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363488.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363490.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363491.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363494.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363496.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363489.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363492.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363493.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363495.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
theatrEurope table: HST_0071
member Perspectiv: yes
context: No heritage stage machinery contact Perspectiv: Peter Krückmann, Museum Director
Wikicommons gallery: Markgräfliches_Opernhaus
Address: Opernstraße 14
Web: index.htm
architectural style: baroque architecture
Member of: PERSPECTIV
The European Route of Historic Theatres: German Route
Propertylabel: 29
time frame: Baroque
Listed at heritage register: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Wikidata instance: Q33506
Carthalia ID: 1630
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1745-1748 by Giuseppe and Carlo Galli-Bibiena for Margrave Friedrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Margrave Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Opened 23 Sep 1748 with J. A. Hasse's opera Ezio. 1750 addition of facade by Joseph Saint-Pierre. Renovated 1820, 1935-1936, 1977-1980 and 2012-2018. 490 seats (+ 16 standing). Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012. Used as a museum and for occasional concerts and opera performances, e. g. by the festival Bayreuth Baroque.