Opera House [Leipzig, DE]
type: Item
label: Leipzig Opera @nl
label: Opera v Lipsku @cs
label: Opera di Lipsia @it
label: Ópera de Leipzig @es
description: Theatre building in Leipzig, Germany, opened in 1950
description: operagebouw in Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Opera House
EUTA building identifier: 667
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Leipzig
GPS: Point(12.3814 51.3403)
Wikidata source: Q267248
Burnt down date: 1943-12-03T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1426
Address: Augustusplatz 12
Web: oper-leipzig.de
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 1983
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1956-1960 by Kunz Nierade and Kurt Hemmerling, on the site of the former Neues Theater (built 1864-1868, destroyed by bombs in 1943). Opened 8 Oct 1960 with a gala ceremony and 9 Oct 1960 with Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. 2007 renovations. Originally 1412, now 1264 seats. Used by the resident opera and ballet ensembles.