Opera House Chemnitz [Chemnitz]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Chemnitz, Germany
description: operagebouw in Saksen, Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Opera House Chemnitz
EUTA building identifier: 1829
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Chemnitz
GPS: Point(12.9242 50.8383)
Wikidata source: Q315578
opening date: 1909-09-01T00:00:00Z
Address: Theaterplatz 2
Web: www.theater-chemnitz.de
Propertylabel: 52
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 1746
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1906-1909 as Neues Stadttheater by Richard Möbius. Opened 1 Sep 1909. Used for opera, drama, and ballet performances by the resident companies. 1925 renamed Opernhaus. Since then, used for opera and ballet performances by the resident companies. 1287 seats. Destroyed by bombs in World War II, with only the exterior walls remaining. - 1949-1951 rebuilding to modern plans within the original exterior walls by Ochs and Henn. Re-opened 26 May 1951 with Beethoven's Fidelio. 1988-1992 exterior restoration to the original designs, extension by a functional building, interior rebuilding to modern plans by Hauptmann, Barth, and Krüger. Re-opened 19 Dec 1992 with Wagner's Parsifal. 720 seats.