Oper Leipzig

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Oper Leipzig is the main opera company and performance venue in Leipzig, Germany, known for its rich musical tradition and productions of both classic and contemporary works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera company
opera house
affiliation Gewandhausorchester NERFINISHED
architect Kunz Nierade NERFINISHED
Kurt Hemmerling NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle modernist architecture
category Cultural infrastructure completed in 1960
Opera houses in Germany
Theatres in Leipzig
coordinateLocation 51.339°N 12.379°E
country Germany NERFINISHED
genre ballet
musical theatre
opera
hasAdditionalFunction ballet performances
concerts and special events
hasArtisticDirector various, including Ulf Schirmer (past intendant and general music director)
hasMainFunction opera performances
hasOrchestra Gewandhausorchester (for many opera productions) NERFINISHED
hasPart Leipzig Ballet NERFINISHED
Musikalische Komödie NERFINISHED
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 1300
heritage successor of Leipzig Opera founded in 1693
heritageDesignation important post-war modernist building in Leipzig
inception 1960
languageOfWorkOrName German
locatedAtAddress Augustusplatz 12, 04109 Leipzig
locatedIn Germany
Leipzig NERFINISHED
Saxony NERFINISHED
locatedNear Gewandhaus zu Leipzig NERFINISHED
Leipzig University main building NERFINISHED
Mendebrunnen fountain NERFINISHED
locatedOn Augustusplatz NERFINISHED
notableFor combination of opera, ballet, and musical theatre under one institution
productions of works by Johann Sebastian Bach
productions of works by Richard Wagner
notableWork regular Wagner cycles and festivals in Leipzig
operator City of Leipzig NERFINISHED
ownedBy City of Leipzig NERFINISHED
partOf Leipzig cultural institutions
publicTransit Augustusplatz tram stop NERFINISHED
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof nearby NERFINISHED
replaces Altes Theater Leipzig NERFINISHED
previous Leipzig opera house destroyed in World War II
significantEvent opening of new opera house on 8 October 1960
website https://www.oper-leipzig.de

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Leipzig Opera hasPart Oper Leipzig
Leipzig Opera operatedBy Oper Leipzig
Andreas Homoki hasDirectedAt Oper Leipzig