Berlin Opera House

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Berlin Opera House Description

(Local Name: Deutsche Oper Berlin) The Berlin Opera House, designed by Fritz Bornemann, was built in 1961 on the site of the old Municipal Opera House of 1912, which was destroyed during the last war. It incorporates some surviving fragments of the earlier building.

A modern structure of steel and glass 70 m/230ft long, the Opera House has a windowless facade of concrete slabs designed to keep out street noise. In front of the building is a piece of abstract steel sculpture by Hans Uhlmann, irreverently referred to by the Berliners as the "Kebab Skewer."

Hobbies & Activities category: Opera house or company; Architecture - Modern; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain

Address

Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bismarckstrasse 34-37
D-10627 Berlin
Germany

http://www.deutscheoperberlin.de

Tips

Following the heavy destruction suffered by Berlin during the war, a starkly modern opera house was built, opening in 1961 with a production of Don Giovanni. With a seating capacity of 1,885, the Deutsche Oper is a concrete, steel and glass structure with a season that runs from the end of August to the beginning of July giving visitors an ample opportunity to see a performance. The opera house is located at Bismarckstrasse and the box office, open 2-8pm on weekdays and 10am-2pm on weekends and one hour before the performance, is inside the main entrance. On Sundays tickets go on sale for the next 10 days. Tickets can be ordered in advance by writing to: Kartenbüro der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 1000 Berlin 10, Germany.

Transit

U-Bahn: Deutsche Oper (U1).

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