Estonian National Opera [Tallinn]
type: Item
label: Teatro Estonia @es
description: Theatre building in Tallinn, Estonia
description: theater in Estland @nl
alternative label: Estonian National Opera
EUTA building identifier: 1530
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Estonia
City: Tallinn
GPS: Point(24.7508 59.4347)
Wikidata source: Q11704264
opening date: 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 139864
architectural style: Art Nouveau
architect: Wivi Lönn
architect: Armas Lindgren
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q187303
Carthalia ID: 372
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Theatre and concert hall complex, built 1913 by Armas Eliel Lindgren and Wiwi Lönn. Opened 1913 with Shakespeare's Hamlet. The first opera performed in the new house was Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel (1913), the first ballet was Delibes's Coppélia (1922). Destroyed by bombs on 9 March 1944. 1947 rebuilt by Alar Kotli and Edgar Johan Kuusik. From 1997 major exterior and interior renovations. The Concert Hall is home to the Estonian Symphony Orchestra. Theatre Hall: 695 seats, Concert Hall: 700 seats.