The Alte Oper circa 1900

The Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a major concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building was inaugurated in 1880. Many important works have been premiered at the Alte Oper, including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937. Frankfurt Opera Source: Library of Congress Licence: Public Domain Originally uploaded to German Wikipedia by user Melkom This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Frankfurt Opera Source: Library of Congress Licence: Public Domain Originally uploaded to German Wikipedia by user Melkom This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ... An opera house is a building where operas are performed. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a German composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937). ... The cover of the score to Carmina Burana showing the Wheel of Fortuna Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936. ...

Inauguration

The Alte Oper at daytime.

The building was inaugurated on October 20, 1880 and was designed by Berlin architect Richard Lucae and financed by the citizens of Frankfurt. Among the invited guests was Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, who, impressed, stated: Das könnte ich mir in Berlin nicht erlauben. (I wouldn't dare build this in Berlin.)^{[citation needed]} Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1124 KB) Created by Erebus555. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1124 KB) Created by Erebus555. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Kaiser is the German title meaning Emperor. ... Wilhelm I of Germany (March 22, 1797 – March 9, 1888), German Emperor (Kaiser), ruled January 18, 1871 – 9 March 1888 and King of Prussia, ruled 2 January 1861 – 9 March 1888. ...

The citizens of Frankfurt, who had to finance the structure (initially projected at a cost of two million marks), were rather skeptical in the beginning.^{[citation needed]} Alluding to the inscription on the frieze German 20 Mark banknote from 1914 (www. ... Frieze of the Tower of the Winds. ...

"Dem Wahren, Schönen, Guten", ("To the true, the beautiful, the good")

Frankfurt poet Adolf Stoltze rhymed in his best Hessian dialect: The term Hessian refers to the inhabitants of the German state of Hesse. ...

Dem Wahre, Scheene, Gute, die Berjerschaft muß blute. (To the true, the beautiful, the good, and the citizenry has to give its blood.) ^{[citation needed]}

Post WWII

The Alte Oper was almost completely destroyed by World War II bombing in 1944 and the city magistrate planned to build a modern office building in place of the ruin. The Hessian Minister of Economy at the time, Rudi Arndt, earned his nickname "Dynamit-Rudi" ("Dynamite" Rudi) when he proposed to simply blow up "Germany's most beautiful ruin" by using "a little dynamite". Later, Arndt denied having meant this seriously.^{[citation needed]} Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... A magistrate is a judicial officer. ... Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin using diatomaceous earth (Kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ...

The Alte Oper is in its present state at night

A citizen's initiative campaigned for reconstruction funds after 1953 and collected 15 million DM. Ultimately costing about 160 million DM, the opera house was reopened on August 28, 1981 to the sounds of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand" was also performed. A live recording of that portion, conducted by Michael Gielen, is available on CD. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2816x2112, 607 KB) Beschreibung: Frankfurt (Main) – Old Opera House Quelle: Fotografiert im Dezember 2004 photographer: Heidas Wikipedia account All pictures Please use this discussion page File links The following pages link to this file: Alte Oper ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2816x2112, 607 KB) Beschreibung: Frankfurt (Main) – Old Opera House Quelle: Fotografiert im Dezember 2004 photographer: Heidas Wikipedia account All pictures Please use this discussion page File links The following pages link to this file: Alte Oper ... In political science, the initiative (also known as popular or citizens initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote on a proposed statute, constitutional amendment, charter amendment or ordinance. ... The Deutsche Mark (DM, DEM) was the official currency of West and, from 1990, unified Germany. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... The War Requiem is a requiem composed by Benjamin Britten for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral on May 30, 1962 following its destruction during World War II. A mourning song for the victims of war, Britten’s War Requiem is considered one of the great heartrending choral-orchestral works of...

Today, the Alte Oper consists of:

• The Grosse Saal (Large Hall) which has seating for an audience of 2,500.
• The Mozart-Saal with 700 seats.
• Smaller halls used for conventions.

Because the new Frankfurt Opera House had already been built in 1951, the rebuilt Alte Oper was designed for use as a concert hall from the beginning of its reconstruction. Today, it regularly hosts concerts and plays. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004. ... The Oper- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera House) is an important European opera house, the home of Oper Frankfurt (the Frankfurt Opera), a leading company in Germany. ...

See also

• List of major concert halls

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External links

• Alte Oper Frankfurt (in German)
• Stadt-Panorama Alte Oper - Interactive 360 degree panorama with day and night views (in German)
• A view on cities
• Philharmonia.co.uk

Coordinates: 50°06′57″N, 8°40′19″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...