Flemish Opera
The Vlaamse Opera ( Flemish Opera ) is an opera institution in Belgium based in the cities of Antwerp and Ghent .
Since 1981 there was the idea of a merger of the Flemish opera houses Antwerp and Ghent, which should share the orchestra, choir and ensemble. The actual merger then took place in 1988. The name of the merged stage was initially Opera voor Vlaanderen ( Opera for Flanders ) until 1995 .
Venues
Flemish Opera Antwerp
prehistory
In 1827 the city of Antwerp commissioned the architect Pierre Bruno Bourla to build a theater . Construction in the classicism style began in 1829, but completion was delayed for a while by the Belgian Revolution . Finally, the theater was completed in 1834 and opened under the name Grand Théâtre or Théâtre Royal Français . It currently houses the Bourla Theater named after the architect , which in turn was formed from the merger of the Royal Flemish Theater and the Blauwe Maandag Compagnie ( Blue Monday Compagnie ).
Today's venue
The current building of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera Antwerp was commissioned in 1899 and opened in 1907. The architectural design is by Alexis Van Mechelen and Emiel Van Averbeke and is in neo-baroque style XVI Louis- established. It can accommodate a good thousand visitors.
Flemish Opera Ghent
The Koninklijke Opera van Gent was built in 1840 according to plans by Louis Roelandt . In addition to the Great Hall, the house has three other rooms that can be used for conferences and banquets: the foyer, the redoubt and the hall named after Jean-Baptiste Lully . Its monumental French architecture leads to the great hall where operas and ballets are staged and concerts and congresses take place. The house is elongated L-shape and was decorated by the most prestigious Parisian decorators of the time, Humanité-René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon . The original capacity of the room of 1,800 seats was recently reduced to 965 during the renovations, with significantly better visibility. The chandelier measures 3 × 4.5 m and has 84 lamps. The dome is painted in trompe l'oeil style .
Award
- International Opera Award 2014 , Anniversary Production (Wagner) for Parsifal
