Opéra de Lille [Lille, FR]
type: Item
label: Opéra De Lille @nl
label: Opéra de Lille
label: Ópera de Lille @es
description: Theatre building in Lille, France
description: operagebouw in Rijsel, Frankrijk @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1591
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: Lille
GPS: Point(3.0652 50.6375)
Burnt down date: 1903-04-05T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135902
Capacity: 1203
Web: www.opera-lille.fr
architect: Louis Marie Cordonnier
Postal Code: 59001
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata source: Q118490963
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q187635
Carthalia ID: 1306
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1907-1923 as Nouveau Théâtre by Louis-Marie Cordonnier, at the site of the previous municipal theatre (built 1784-1787, destroyed by fire in 1903). Opened while uncompleted by the German troups in World War I. Officially opened 1923 with a gala concert. Ca. 2000-2002 interior renovation and rebuilding of the stagehouse by Pierre-Louis Carlier and Patrice Neirinck. Ca. 1000 seats.