Dresden Opera House, (Dresden, Germany); 1841; Early 19th Century Architecture in Europe

Arch 162-M12 Spring 2018
“The Opera House”
          
  The Opera House located Dresden, Germany. Designed by Gottfried Semper in 1841. Later the son Manfred Semper reconstructed the opera house in 1869 after the fire. A decade later it was destroyed by a bombing in 1945.  After the reconstruction, the theater had the painting restored by local craftsman and the rest of the auditorium was replaced with state of the art stage equipment. The façade mostly decorated with Doric and Ionic columns. The Doric columns have a masculine look to them. The Ionic columns have a feminine crenulation. Both of these combined have an interesting aesthetic look which give a unique look to the Dresden Opera House. Which has a strong resemblance in the Greek Revival and Baroque styles. It also includes statues to great artist as Shakespeare and Moliere. It is regarded as one of the best acoustically sound opera houses in the world. The reason for that I thanks to the size of the interior space which holds only slightly over a thousand occupants. During the beginning of the opera house the performances were done by well know and very famous opera singers, performers, and orchestra performers. After years of history that went around Dresden the opera house the popularity seemed to die down, but they attempted to revive the high class showcases that displayed there was a celebration for Mikhail Gorbachev for receiving the Nobel peace prize. The Dresden opera house has seen it’s ups and downs but now serves the public with traditional opera performances to orchestral symphonies.

Work Cited

Fritz Löffler: Das alte Dresden – Geschichte seiner Bauten. 16th ed. Leipzig: Seemann, 2006

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