The Zürich Opera House has been the home of the Zürich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich and the Zürich Ballet.
Built to replace the Aktientheater which burnt down in 1890, it was originally known the Stadttheater Zürich, a description that appears on the building’s lintel. It was built by the Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer, who changed their previous design for a theatre in Wiesbaden only slightly. It was built in only 16 months and was opened in 1891, and was the first opera house in Europe to have electrical lighting.
It was the city's main performance space for drama, opera, and musical events until 1925, when it was renamed Opernhaus Zürich and a separate theatre for plays was built
By the 1970s, the opera house was badly in need of major renovations; when some considered it not worth restoring, a new theatre was proposed for the site. However, between 1982 and 1984, rebuilding took place but not without huge local opposition. In response to the combination of high subsidies for opera and the lack of cultural programs for youth, large protests were held in May 1980. The protests became known as the Opernhauskrawalle youth protests or in the local dialect “Züri brännt”, which means “Zurich is burning”, as documented in the 1981 Swiss documentary film of the same name.
The rebuilt theatre was inaugurated with Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the world première of Rudolf Kelterborn’s Chekhov opera Der Kirschgarten.
As restored, the theatre is an ornate building with a neo-classical façade of white and grey stone adorned with busts of Weber, Wagner, and Mozart. Additionally, busts of Schiller, Shakespeare, and Goethe are to be found.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
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The Münsterhof is the largest town square within the Altstadt (old town) of Zürich, and is surrounded by medieval buildings.
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Zürich can be cripplingly expensive, but one thing you can do for free is play - or watch - chess outdoors at a number of venues in the city. This one is at the Lindenhof. Straßenschach can also be a great locus for people watching, and photography too!
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Working out a deal? Planning a financial coup? Watching well-dressed gentlemen chat at a café table in Zürich, like here on the Münstergasse, always gets my imagination going!
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A lady has a quiet lunch on a bench in a little square of Trittligasse in Zürich’s city centre.
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