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Opernhaus Zürich
Zurich
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The Opernhaus Zürich is a Italian-style theatre with a horseshoe-shaped hall with two tiers of boxes and a gallery.
It can accommodate 1,100 spectators.
It can accommodate 1,100 spectators.
1889-1890
The Actientheater, Zurich's main theater, is destroyed by fire during the New Year's night.
The project for the construction of a new theater is entrusted to the Austrians Fellner & Helmer which, for reasons of urgency, start from the project of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden on which they are already working.
The project for the construction of a new theater is entrusted to the Austrians Fellner & Helmer which, for reasons of urgency, start from the project of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden on which they are already working.
1981
The new theater, with its neoclassical exterior and neo-Baroque hall, is built in just 16 months and it is inaugurated with the name of Stadttheater.
1964
The new name Opernhaus Zürich is adopted.
1982-1984
The theater building undergoes major renovations.
2005
The Main curtain is replaced and a Sound barrier curtain is installed.
Materials used in this production
FOT - Otello
Velvets
Main curtains
Curtains for historical theaters
Sound barrier curtains
Acoustic curtains
Swag curtains
Typology of curtain
Traveller curtains
Typology of curtain