Alte Oper

Alte Oper
Alte Oper in 2019
Former names	Opernhaus
General information
Status	Rebuild
Type	Concert Hall
Architectural style	Neo-Renaissance[1]
Location	Bankenviertel, Altstadt
Address	Opernplatz 1
Town or city	Frankfurt am Main
Country	Germany
Coordinates	50°06′57″N 8°40′19″E / 50.11583°N 8.67194°E / 50.11583; 8.67194
Construction started	1873[3]
Completed	1880
Inaugurated	20 October 1880; 143 years ago (1880-10-20) 28 August 1981; 42 years ago (1981-08-28)
Renovated	1976–81
Destroyed	23 March 1944[4]
Cost	20 million German mark (1871)
Renovation cost	200 million Deutsche Mark[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Richard Lucae
Main contractor	Philipp Holzmann
Renovating team
Architect(s)	Helmut Braun, Martin Schlockermann[5]
Other information
Seating capacity	2,500 (Großer Saal) 700 (Mozart-Saal)
Parking	Alte Oper underground car park
Public transit access	Alte Oper Taunusanlage 64 Alte Oper
Website
www.alteoper.de

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.