Margravial Opera House
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The Margravial Opera House is an 18th-century Baroque court theatre in Bayreuth, Germany, renowned as one of Europe’s best-preserved and most ornate historic opera houses and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| former Margravial Opera House (destroyed, commemorated) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque theatre
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ court theatre ⓘ opera house ⓘ |
| architect | Joseph Saint-Pierre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque architecture
|
| associatedWith | House of Hohenzollern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 500 seats ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Margravine Wilhelmine of Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1748 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Margravine Wilhelmine of Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasType | proscenium theatre ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | one of Europe’s best-preserved Baroque theatres ⓘ |
| inception | 1744 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnStreet | Opernstraße ⓘ |
| material |
stone (exterior)
ⓘ
wood (auditorium) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Bayreuth Festspielhaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
original 18th-century stage machinery (partly preserved)
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ornate Baroque interior ⓘ wooden auditorium ⓘ |
| officialName | Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1748 ⓘ |
| operator | Bavarian Palace Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Free State of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | historic centre of Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Margravine Wilhelmine of Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfConstruction | 1744–1748 ⓘ |
| region | Upper Franconia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterRestoration | 2018 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | major restoration 2013–2018 ⓘ |
| theatreDesigner |
Carlo Galli Bibiena
NERFINISHED
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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria | cultural (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 1379 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2012 ⓘ |
| use |
concerts
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opera performances ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
former Margravial Opera House (destroyed, commemorated)