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Encyclopedia > Chicago Civic Opera House

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Exterior of the Civic Opera House

The Chicago Civic Opera House is the permanent home of the Chicago Lyric Opera. This structure opened on November 4, 1929 and has an Art Deco and Art Nouveau interior. It is located at 20 North Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. Its 3,563-seat capacity makes it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America. The building is a limestone with a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 426 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago Civic Opera House Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 426 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago Civic Opera House Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Exterior of the Civic Opera House Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Asheville City Hall. ... Vitebsk Railway Station one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture. ... All three levels of Wacker Drive, east of Columbus Drive, including a ramp between the upper and lower (middle) levels Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the downtown side of the Chicago River. ... The Loop is what locals call the historical center of downtown Chicago. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... -1...

Front Sign of the Civic Opera House

Samuel Insull was the man who envisioned and hired the design team for building this new great opera house to serve as the home for the Chicago Civic Opera. The building has been seen as being shaped like a huge chair so is sometimes referred to as "Insull's Throne." Samuel Insull (November 11, 1859 - July 16, 1938) was an investor in Chicago who was known for purchasing utilities and railroads. ...

sculpture by Henry Hering

He selected the architecture firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White who were responsible for several other buildings in downtown Chicago. As they did on other occasions, the architects commissioned Henry Hering to produce architectural sculpture for the building. Pediment on Severance Hall Henry Hering was an American sculptor who was born New York City on February 15, 1874 and died there on January 17, 1949. ... Graham, Anderson, Probst & White is a Chicago architecture firm that was founded in 1912 originally as Graham, Burnham & Co. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Pediment on Severance Hall Henry Hering was an American sculptor who was born New York City on February 15, 1874 and died there on January 17, 1949. ...


The opera house underwent a major renovation in 1993 when it was purchased by the Chicago Lyric Opera, who has previously rented the space. The chairs were repainted and reupholstered, the carpeting replaced, and the gilt paint completely re-stenciled, finishing this massive project in 1996.


This opera house is the inspiration for the opera house in Citizen Kane, in which Charles Foster Kane built the opera house so his wife Susan Alexander could perform. In reality, Samual Insull built this opera house for his daughter, who was not hired by New York's Metropolitan Opera. Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film. ... Charles Foster Kane II[1] is the title character of Orson Welless film Citizen Kane. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ...


Sources

  • Chappell, Sally Kitt, Transforming Tradition: Architecture and Planning of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, 1912 – 1936, University of Chicago Press, Chicago IL 1992
  • Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript

Lyric Opera website



 
 

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