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Graz Opera is an opera house and opera company in Graz, Austria.
Second largest opera house in Austria. Springboard for musicians. "Opera House of the Year" in 2001. Remarkable attributes for the house on the ring, which was erected in 1899 by the pan-European architects Fellner and Helmer.
The first Opera House in Graz was a converted stable and opened in 1736. The first, purpose-built opera house opened in1864 with a capacity for almost 2,000. The current Grazer Opera was built in 1899, designed by Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer with fine red and gold decorations and Rococo (Late Baroque) styling. It has 1,200 seats and 40 individually styled boxes.
The Grazer Opera opened with Schiller's 'Wilhelm Tell' on 16 September 1899, followed shortly thereafter by 'Lohengrin' by Wagner. Since then the opera house has become a focus for music and opera in southern Austria and continues provide a full and varied programme of opera, dance, ballet, theatre and concerts.
Opera had been performed in Graz since the 17th century, originally in a converted coach house on the Hapsburg royal estates. The National Theatre (Schauspielhaus Graz) constructed in 1776 saw many early performances of Mozart's operas, although today (after many reconstructions) it is devoted to the performances of plays.The city's first dedicated opera house and the immediate predecessor of the Graz Opera was the Thalia Theatre adapted in 1864 from an old circus hall.
Plans for a new theatre suitable to the growing size and importance of the city and intended to be a "new home for German art" were first proposed 1887. Designed by Ferdinand Fellner and Herman Helmer in the neo-baroque style, the Graz Opera was inaugurated in 1899 with a performance of Schiller's play William Tell, followed a few days later by Wagner's opera Lohengrin. The building suffered damage during World War II bombings but was repaired and re-opened after the war. Between 1983 and 1985 it underwent a $15 million renovation which saw the installation of modern equipment and facilities without significantly changing the original exterior and opulent interior of the building.
Second largest opera house in Austria. Springboard for musicians. "Opera House of the Year" in 2001. Remarkable attributes for the house on the ring, which was erected in 1899 by the pan-European architects Fellner and Helmer.
The first Opera House in Graz was a converted stable and opened in 1736. The first, purpose-built opera house opened in1864 with a capacity for almost 2,000. The current Grazer Opera was built in 1899, designed by Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer with fine red and gold decorations and Rococo (Late Baroque) styling. It has 1,200 seats and 40 individually styled boxes.
The Grazer Opera opened with Schiller's 'Wilhelm Tell' on 16 September 1899, followed shortly thereafter by 'Lohengrin' by Wagner. Since then the opera house has become a focus for music and opera in southern Austria and continues provide a full and varied programme of opera, dance, ballet, theatre and concerts.
Opera had been performed in Graz since the 17th century, originally in a converted coach house on the Hapsburg royal estates. The National Theatre (Schauspielhaus Graz) constructed in 1776 saw many early performances of Mozart's operas, although today (after many reconstructions) it is devoted to the performances of plays.The city's first dedicated opera house and the immediate predecessor of the Graz Opera was the Thalia Theatre adapted in 1864 from an old circus hall.
Plans for a new theatre suitable to the growing size and importance of the city and intended to be a "new home for German art" were first proposed 1887. Designed by Ferdinand Fellner and Herman Helmer in the neo-baroque style, the Graz Opera was inaugurated in 1899 with a performance of Schiller's play William Tell, followed a few days later by Wagner's opera Lohengrin. The building suffered damage during World War II bombings but was repaired and re-opened after the war. Between 1983 and 1985 it underwent a $15 million renovation which saw the installation of modern equipment and facilities without significantly changing the original exterior and opulent interior of the building.
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