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Alte
Oper (Old
Opera)
is
a concert
hall in Frankfurt
am
Main, Hesse,
Germany.
It
is
located
in
the
inner
city, Innenstadt,
within
the
banking
district Bankenviertel.
Today's
Alte
Oper
was
built
in
1880
as
the
city's opera
house,
which
was
destroyed
by
bombs
in
1944.
It
was
rebuilt
in
the
1970s
as
a
concert
hall
with
a
large
hall
and
smaller
venues,
opened
in
1981.
The
square
in
front
of
the
building
is
still
known
as Opernplatz (Opera
Square).
Many
important
works were
performed
for
the
first
time when
it
was
Frankfurt's
opera
house,
including
Schreker's Der
ferne
Klang and
Carl
Orff's Carmina
Burana in
1937.
The Oper
Frankfurt now
plays
in
the
Opern-
und
Schauspielhaus
Frankfurt,
completed
in
1951.
The Oper
Frankfurt (Frankfurt
Opera)
is
one
of
the
leading
opera
companies
in
Europe,
and
voted
best
"Opera
house
of
the
year"
several
times
since
1996,
including
2020.
Opera
in Frankfurt
am
Main has
a
long
tradition,
with
many
world
premieres
such
as
Franz
Schreker's Der
ferne
Klang in
1912, Fennimore
und
Gerda by
Frederick
Delius
in
1919,
and
Carl
Orff's Carmina
Burana in
1937.
Frankfurt's
international
recognition
began
in
the
Gielen
Era,
1977
to
1987,
when Michael
Gielen and
stage
directors
such
as Ruth
Berghaus
collaborated.
A
historic
opera
house
from
1880
was
destroyed
in
World
War
II,
and
reconstructed
as
a
concert
hall, Alte
Oper.
The
present
opera
house,
built
in
1963,
is
under
one
roof
with
the
stage
for
drama.
The
opera
orchestra
is
calledFrankfurter
Opern-
und
Museumsorchester.
Today's
venue
for
Baroque
and
contemporary
opera
is
the Bockenheimer
Depot,
a
former
tram
depot.
Oper
Frankfurt
is
part
of
the Städtische
Bühnen
Frankfurt.
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