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Schauspielhaus, Berlin: schematic perspective view

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Schinkel, Karl Friedrich (1781-1841)
NOTES: The Berlin Schauspielhaus (Opera House) was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1819 -1821. This schematic perspective drawing was executed by Cuthbert Brodrick and found filed with his 1866 competition designs for a new National Gallery.

Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Island of Lovon, Stockholm: the auditorium

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Tessin, Nicodemus, the Elder (1615-1681)
NOTES: This 400-seat opera house replaced an earlier theatre designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, completed in 1705, which was destroyed by fire in 1762.

Teatro La Fenice, Venice

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Meduna, Gianbattista (b. 1810)
NOTES: La Fenice was originally built between 1790 and 1792 to a design by Giovanni Antonio (or Giannantonio) Selva but was then rebuilt by the brothers Meduna after a fire destroyed the building in 1836. It burnt down again in 1996 and reopened after restoration in 2003.

Design for the remodelling of the Royal Opera House, Haymarket, London, incorporating an arcade: perspective

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Nash, John (1752-1835)
NOTES: The theatre which stood on this site was known by various names as the Queen's, the King's, Her Majesty's, His Majesty's, or the Opera House. It was originally built by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1704–1705 and destroyed by fire in 1789. It was rebuilt on a slightly larger site to the designs of Michael Novosielski in 1790–1791 and was remodelled in 1816–1818 it by John Nash and George Repton. They provided façades to Charles Street, the Haymarket and Pall Mall and also built the Royal Opera Arcade on the west side. The theatre (but not the surrounding façades) was again destroyed by fire in 1867 and was rebuilt to the designs of Charles Lee in 1868–1869. This theatre and all the surrounding premises designed by Nash and Repton (except the Royal Opera Arcade) were demolished in the 1890s. Part of the site is now occupied by Her Majesty’s Theatres (1897 by C. J. Phipps).

Design for the remodelling of the Royal Opera House, Haymarket, London, incorporating an arcade: perspective

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Nash, John (1752-1835)
NOTES: The theatre which stood on this site was known by various names as the Queen's, the King's, Her Majesty's, His Majesty's, or the Opera House. It was originally built by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1704–1705 and destroyed by fire in 1789. It was rebuilt on a slightly larger site to the designs of Michael Novosielski in 1790–1791 and was remodelled in 1816–1818 it by John Nash and George Repton. They provided façades to Charles Street, the Haymarket and Pall Mall and also built the Royal Opera Arcade on the west side. The theatre (but not the surrounding façades) was again destroyed by fire in 1867 and was rebuilt to the designs of Charles Lee in 1868–1869. This theatre and all the surrounding premises designed by Nash and Repton (except the Royal Opera Arcade) were demolished in the 1890s. Part of the site is now occupied by Her Majesty’s Theatres (1897 by C. J. Phipps).
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