Royal Swedish Opera

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The Royal Swedish Opera is Sweden’s national opera company and principal opera house, located in Stockholm and renowned for its productions of opera and ballet.

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Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf opera company
opera house
architecturalStyle neo‑classical architecture
coordinates 59.329°N 18.069°E
country Sweden
employs ballet dancers
conductors
opera singers
orchestra musicians
foundedBy Gustav III of Sweden
founder Gustav III of Sweden
genre ballet
opera
hasAudienceCapacity approximately 1200 seats
hasPart Royal Swedish Ballet
Royal Swedish Orchestra
hasResidentBalletCompany Royal Swedish Ballet
hasResidentOrchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra
headquartersLocation Stockholm
heritageDesignation listed building in Sweden
inception 1773
isNationalOperaHouseOf Sweden
isPrincipalOperaHouseOf Sweden
languageOfWorkOrName Swedish
locatedIn Stockholm
Sweden
locatedOn Gustav Adolfs torg
location Stockholm
mainBuildingMaterial stone
nativeName Kungliga Operan
notableWork productions of works by Giuseppe Verdi
productions of works by Richard Wagner
productions of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
officialWebsite https://www.operan.se/
operator Swedish state
overlooks Norrström
ownedBy Government of Sweden
partOf Swedish national cultural institutions
publicTransitAccess Kungsträdgården metro station
replaced Gustavian Opera House
significantEvent demolition of the old opera house in 1892
opening of the new opera house in 1899
use ballet performances
concerts
opera performances

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Norrmalm
hasCulturalVenue
Royal Swedish Opera ("Kungliga Operan")
nativeName
Stockholm Palace
nearby
Malena Ernman
performedAt

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