Flemish Opera [Antwerp]
type: Item
label: Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera @nl
description: Theatre building in Antwerpen, Belgium
description: operagebouw in Antwerpen @nl
alternative label: Flemish Opera
EUTA building identifier: 1506
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Belgium
City: Antwerp
GPS: Point(4.4165 51.2186)
Wikidata source: Q3282616
opening date: 1907-10-18T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 131799
Address: Van Ertbornstraat 6
Postal Code: 2018
city section: Antwerp (district)
Building date: 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1081
context: Bij de opening was de opera technisch gezien zeer modern omdat het volop gebruik maakte van het nieuwe elektrische licht. De opening van het toneel meet 11.90 meter in de breedte. De toneeltoren is 23 meter hoog. @nl
Stage opening width: 11.90
Stage height: 23
Redevelopment date: 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
significant date: 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
designer: Karl Lautenschläger
archive is kept at: Felix Archive Antwerp
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q192969
Carthalia ID: 87
reopening date: 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Opened 1907 as Lyrisch Vlaamsch Tooneel by A. Van Mechelen. Also known as Nieuwe Lyrische Schouwburg. 1050 seats. One of the homes of the opera company De vlaamse Opera, later renamed Opera Ballet Vlanderen.