Opera of Marseille [Marseille]
type: Item
label: Opéra de Marseille @nl
label: Opéra municipal de Marseille @it
label: Opera of Marseille
description: Theatre building in Marseille, France
description: operagebouw in 1ste arrondissement van Marseille, Frankrijk @nl
EUTA building identifier: 2682
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: Marseille
GPS: Point(5.3758 43.2933)
Wikidata source: Q3085786
opening date: 1924-12-04T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137677
Capacity: 1823
Web: opera.marseille.fr
Redevelopment date: 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q187637
Carthalia ID: 1322
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1787 by Bénard (2000 seats). Opened 31 October 1787 with Ponteuile's Tartuffe and Champein's Mélomanie. Destroyed by a fire on 13 November 1919. 1919-1924 rebuilding by Ebrard, Castel, and Raymond in Art Nouveau style, preserving only the façade and the portico. 2137 seats. Re-opened 4 Dec 1924 with Ernest Reyer's Sigurd. 1972 renovations. Today 1786 seats.
Burnt down date: 1919-11-13T00:00:00Z