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National Opera House, Oslo

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Snohetta

Design for redecorating the interior of the Wakefield Opera House, Wakefield

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Alexander, John (1888-1974)
NOTES: This opera house was built in 1894 to the designs of Frank Matcham and then converted into a cinema.

Design for a stage set and proscenium arch for a performance of the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito', Act 1 Scene 1, Lisbon Opera House (Opera do Tejo or Phoenix Opera): perspective view showing a palace hall

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Galli Bibiena, Giovanni Carlo (1713?-1760)
NOTES: This drawing is by or after Giovanni Carlo Galli Bibiena and is one of eight designs for scenes for the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito' (libretto by Metastasio, music by Antonio Mazzoni) which was performed in the new opera house at Lisbon in 1755 on the birthday of Joseph I, King of Portugal. In 1752 Galli Bibiena had been summoned to Lisbon by the king to design the opera house, which adjoined the royal palace. Just seven months after its completion however, the theatre was destroyed by the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755. The drawing shown here relates to a set of engravings and may have been copied from the prints themselves.

Design for a stage set and proscenium arch for a performance of the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito', Act 1 Scene 1, Lisbon Opera House (Opera do Tejo or Phoenix Opera): perspective view of an atrium with a palace seen beyond

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Galli Bibiena, Giovanni Carlo (1713?-1760)
NOTES: This drawing is by or after Giovanni Carlo Galli Bibiena and is one of eight designs for scenes for the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito' (libretto by Metastasio, music by Antonio Mazzoni) which was performed in the new opera house at Lisbon in 1755 on the birthday of Joseph I, King of Portugal. In 1752 Galli Bibiena had been summoned to Lisbon by the king to design the opera house, which adjoined the royal palace. Just seven months after its completion however, the theatre was destroyed by the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755. The drawing shown here relates to a set of engravings and may have been copied from the prints themselves.

Design for a stage set and proscenium arch for a performance of the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito', Act 1 Scene 1, Lisbon Opera House (Opera do Tejo or Phoenix Opera): perspective view of an interior with Rococo decorations

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Galli Bibiena, Giovanni Carlo (1713?-1760)
NOTES: This drawing is by or after Giovanni Carlo Galli Bibiena and is one of eight designs for scenes for the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito' (libretto by Metastasio, music by Antonio Mazzoni) which was performed in the new opera house at Lisbon in 1755 on the birthday of Joseph I, King of Portugal. In 1752 Galli Bibiena had been summoned to Lisbon by the king to design the opera house, which adjoined the royal palace. Just seven months after its completion however, the theatre was destroyed by the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755. The drawing shown here relates to a set of engravings and may have been copied from the prints themselves.

Design for a stage set and proscenium arch for a performance of the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito', Act 1 Scene 1, Lisbon Opera House (Opera do Tejo or Phoenix Opera): perspective view of an atrium with an amphitheatre seen beyond

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Galli Bibiena, Giovanni Carlo (1713?-1760)
NOTES: This drawing is by or after Giovanni Carlo Galli Bibiena and is one of eight designs for scenes for the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito' (libretto by Metastasio, music by Antonio Mazzoni) which was performed in the new opera house at Lisbon in 1755 on the birthday of Joseph I, King of Portugal. In 1752 Galli Bibiena had been summoned to Lisbon by the king to design the opera house, which adjoined the royal palace. Just seven months after its completion however, the theatre was destroyed by the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755. The drawing shown here relates to a set of engravings and may have been copied from the prints themselves.

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.`

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.

Tsaritsyno Palace, Moscow: the Opera House

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Bazhenov, Vasilii Ivanovich (1737-1799)

Hotel de Ville, Opera-Theatre d'Avignon and statue of Crillon, Place de l'Horloge, Avignon

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Charpentier, Theodore (1828-1902)
NOTES: The Hotel de Ville (1845-1856, Leon Feuchere) incorporates a 14th century Gothic belfry; the Opera-Theatre opened in 1847 to designs by Theodore Charpentier and Feuchere; and the statue to Crillon was inaugurated in 1858.
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