architecture

Old Opera

Frankfurt on the Main, Hesse, Germany

Alte Oper [German]

Architecture

built
1873-1880
1976-1981
destroyed/demolished
culture
German
style/period
Renaissance Revival, Neoclassical
work type by function
opera house, concert hall
material
Savonnieres limestone, limestone
architect
Richard Lucae

Specifications

height
34.0 m
width
47.5 m
length
100.3 m
area
4,000 m²
capacities
Large Hall
capacity
2,500
Mozart Hall
capacity
700

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » Germany » Hesse » Frankfurt on the Main » Inner City » Opernviertel
local language location name
Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland [German]
Old Opera, main facade
Old Opera, main facade Frankfurt on the Main, Hesse, Germany
Old Opera, southwest corner with quarter-circle wall
Old Opera, southwest corner with quarter-circle wall Frankfurt on the Main, Hesse, Germany
Old Opera, avant-corps of the main facade
Old Opera, avant-corps of the main facade Frankfurt on the Main, Hesse, Germany
Old Opera, detail of the main facade with pediment
Old Opera, detail of the main facade with pediment Frankfurt on the Main, Hesse, Germany