Guangzhou Opera House
| Guangzhou Opera House | |
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广州大剧院 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Architectural style | Deconstructivism |
| Location | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
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| Groundbreaking | January 2005[1] |
| Inaugurated | May 9, 2010 |
| Cost | 1.38 billion yuan (approx. US$200 million) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | approx. 71000 m2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Zaha Hadid |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 1804 (Opera Hall) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Guangzhou Opera House (广州大剧院) is a public municipal opera house in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it opened on 9 May in 2010.
History
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In April 2002 an international architectural competition attracted Coop Himmelb(l)au, Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid – each producing detailed designs.[2][3] In November 2002, Zaha Hadid's "double pebble" was announced the winner and the groundbreaking ceremony was held early in 2005.[1]
The theatre has become the biggest performing centre in southern China and is one of the three biggest theatres in the nation alongside Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts and Shanghai's Shanghai Grand Theatre.[4] May 2010 saw American filmmaker Shahar Stroh direct the premiere production of the opera house: Puccini's opera Turandot[1] which had in previous years been a controversial opera in China.[5]
The project cost 1.38 billion yuan (approx. US$200 million).[6][7]
Design
[edit | edit source]The structure was designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.[8] It is conceived as two rocks washed away by the Pearl River.[9] Its freestanding concrete auditorium set within an exposed granite and glass-clad steel frame took over five years to build, and was praised upon opening by architectural critic Jonathan Glancey in The Guardian, who called it "at once highly theatrical and insistently subtle."[10]
See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c "Guangzhou Opera House in China by Zaha Hadid Architects", March 3, 2011, Sanjay Ganga
- ^ Rem Koolhaas proposal Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, OMA.eu
- ^ "Zaha Hadid and Guangzhou Opera House", Episode II, CCTV.Com
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- ^ "...banned until the end of the 20th century...Turandot was perceived as an insult to China and its people." Archived 7 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Metropolitan Opera, NY website
- ^ "Cost: 1.38 Billion RMB" Archived 2011-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, designlike.com
- ^ "Designs that make impossible possible", Yu Tianyu, China Daily, 2011-03-17
- ^ Newsgd.com. "Newsgd.com." Guangzhou starts opera house. Retrieved on 2010-02-24.
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External links
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- Official website
- Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid Architects
- zaha hadid architects: guangzhou opera house
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