Alte Oper [Frankfurt am Main, DE]
type: Item
label: Alte Oper
description: Theatre building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, opened in 1873
description: bouwwerk in Frankfurt am Main @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1851
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Frankfurt am Main
GPS: Point(8.6719 50.1158)
Wikidata source: Q436079
Burnt down date: 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1880-10-20T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 142147
Web: www.alteoper.de
Propertylabel: 67
Wikidata instance: Q811979
Wikidata instance: Q1060829
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q187661
Carthalia ID: 1826
Modern Opera Houses index: Subsidy of, III. p. 4; De­scriptive text, II. p. 29; Block plan, II. p. 29; General view, p. 29 ; Front elevation, II. PI. 59 ; Transverse section, II. PI. 59 ; Plan area, II. PI. 60 ; Plan 1st tier, II. PI. 61 ; Longi­tudinal section, II. PI. 62 ; Works presented at, III. p. 7 ; Balance sheet, III. p. 8 ; Site plan, III. p. 14; Site, III. p. 14; Diagram of box-front line, III. p. 63; Skeleton section of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 62; Elevation of proscenium frame, PI. opp. p. 73 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PI. opp. p. 62 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 16; References, III. pp. 10, 70, 86, 94, 110.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1873-1880 as Opernhaus by Richard Lucae and, after Lucae's death in 1877, Eduard Giesenberg. Opened 20 Oct 1880 with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. Severely damaged by bombs on 23 March 1944. After plans to demolish the ruin, a citizen's initiative Rettet das Opernhaus was formed in 1953. Rebuilt as a concert hall with modern interior in the 1970s until 1981. Re-opened 28 Aug 1981 as Alte Oper with Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8. The building contains two concert halls: Großer Saal (ca. 2500 seats) and Mozart-Saal (ca. 700 seats).