Archive for the theatre Tag

Grand Theatre de la ville de Luxembourg

The Grand Theatre de la ville de Luxenbourg was built in the 1960s to mark the millennium of Luxembourg. Opening on April 15, 1964, the theatre is a state-of-the-art building that was designed by Parisian architect Alain Bourbonnais. The exterior of the theatre is just as exquisite as its interior. The exterior sight alone is [...]

Royal Danish Theatre Copenhagen

The Royal Danish Theatre (Danish: Det Kongelige Teater) is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of [...]

Teatro Farnese (Farnese Theatre) Parma

The Farnese Theatre is the most ancient and largest baroque theatre existing inside a building. Sited on the first floor of the great Pilotta Palace, it is related to the Renaissance tradition of the court’s theatres and it was built in 1618-19 by the ferrarese architect G. B. Aleotti. The architect, inspired by the classical [...]

Teatro alla Scala Milan

“Teatro alla Scala” Theatre in the heart of Milan’s historic city centre is the most important Italian Opera House and an emblem known and admired all over the world. It is where many of the most famous operas by the greatest nineteenth-century composers were first performed. The Theatre was built according to the desire of [...]

The Burgtheater (Court Theatre) Vienna

The Burgtheater (Court Theatre), originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1920 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world. The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as “die Burg” by the Viennese population; [...]