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Zurich Opera House

The Opernhaus stands on Sechseläutenplatz, next to the Bellevue area and the lake. It was designed by the Viennese firm Fellner & Helmer after the fire that destroyed the old Aktientheater in 1890, and was built in about sixteen months, opening in 1891 under the name Stadttheater. The façade is Neoclassical, in white and grey stone, and carries busts of composers and playwrights such as Weber, Wagner and Mozart, as well as Schiller, Shakespeare and Goethe. The auditorium, in Neo-Rococo style, has about 1,100 seats. Between 1982 and 1984 the building was renovated after the youth protests of 1980 and reopened with Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Today it is home to the city's opera and ballet. The public guided tour takes in the stage, the prop, make-up and tailoring workshops, the costume store and the set storerooms, that is, the part the audience does not see at a performance.

Things to do at Zurich Opera House: 3 missions

• Look for the busts on the Neoclassical façadeStand in front of the building, on Sechseläutenplatz, and find the busts of composers and writers that adorn the façade, such as Mozart, Wagner or Weber.
• Take the guided backstage tourBook the 60-minute weekend tour: it takes in the stage, props, make-up, tailoring and the set store.
• Walk round the theatre from the square to the lakeGo round the building by way of the square and walk towards the nearby Bellevue shore to see how the theatre sits between the square and the lake.

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Source: Web oficial - Opernhaus Zürich