Wuppertal Opera
| Opernhaus Wuppertal | |
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The theatre in 2013
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| Former names | Stadttheater Barmen |
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| Location | Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°16′02″N 7°11′35″E / 51.26722°N 7.19306°ECoordinates: 51°16′02″N 7°11′35″E / 51.26722°N 7.19306°E |
| Construction started | 1905 |
| Renovated |
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| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Carl Moritz |
| Website | |
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Opernhaus Wuppertal ("Wuppertal Opera House") is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It houses mostly performances of operas, but also plays, run by the municipal Wuppertaler Bühnen. The house is also the venue for dance performances by the Tanztheater Wuppertal company created by Pina Bausch.
The house was built in 1905 on a design by Carl Moritz as the Stadttheater Barmen ("Barmen Municipal Theatre"). It was rebuilt after being severely damaged during World War II, and again restored in 2006 to 2009.
It is known for premieres and revivals of lesser-known works, and it was a starting point in the careers of many notable conductors, singers and stage directors.
The original building was the Stadttheater Barmen ("Barmen Municipal Theatre"), an all-purpose theatre for opera and plays built in 1905 before Barmen was merged into Wuppertal. It was designed by the architect Carl Moritz in a style drawing on neo-Baroque and Jugendstil. It was completed in 1907. The theatre was severely damaged during a World War II air raid on the night of 30 May 1943, which destroyed the hall completely and also damaged the stage area. It was rebuilt from 1954 to 1956, but with restricted Jugendstil elements which the leader of the project termed "schwerverdauliche Formensprache" (a language of forms hard to digest). The house reopened on 14 October 1956, one of the first war-damaged theatres in Germany to resume operations, with a gala performance of Paul Hindemith's Mathis der Maler.
The theatre was extended in the 1970s and renovated from 2006 to 2009. Since 1989, the building has been protected as an architectural monument.
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