Oper Halle
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Halle's opera house began life as the Stadttheater, a civic theatre built between 1884 and 1886 to plans by Berlin architect Heinrich Seeling, who had won the competition for the site. When it opened on 9 October 1886 it ranked among the most technically advanced theatres in Europe, with modern fire protection and stage machinery that drew comparisons with Budapest. A bombing raid on 31 March 1945 destroyed much of the building; it reopened in 1951 in simplified form as the Landestheater and has carried the name Opernhaus Halle since 1992.
The house stands in Handel's birthplace and serves as the main stage of the Händel-Festspiele, which since 1952 have brought a freshly staged Handel opera to Halle every summer. Mozart holds his ground beside the festival's patron. The current Die Zauberflöte, staged by Dorota Karolczak and premiered in January 2025, plants a giant book of wisdom at centre stage and sets Mozart's Enlightenment fable against smartphones and virtual worlds.
architect: Heinrich Seeling
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Die Zauberflöte | Die Oper Halle | Trailer
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