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Guangzhou Opera House

Coordinates:23°6′55″N113°19′22″E/ 23.11528°N 113.32278°E/23.11528; 113.32278
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Guangzhou Opera House
Quảng Châu đại rạp hát
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General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleDeconstructivism
LocationGuangzhou,People's Republic of China
Coordinates23°6′55″N113°19′22″E/ 23.11528°N 113.32278°E/23.11528; 113.32278
GroundbreakingJanuary 2005[1]
InauguratedMay 9, 2010
Cost1.38 billionyuan(approx. US$200 million)
Technical details
Floor areaapprox. 71000 m2
Design and construction
Architect(s)Zaha Hadid
Other information
Seating capacity1804 (Opera Hall)
Website
www.gzdjy.org

Guangzhou Opera House(simplified Chinese:Quảng Châu đại rạp hát;traditional Chinese:Quảng Châu đại rạp hát;pinyin:Guǎngzhōu dajùyuàn;Jyutping:Gwong2 zau1 daai6 kek6 jyun2) is aChineseopera houseinGuangzhou,Guangdongprovince,People's Republic of China.Designed byZaha Hadid,it opened on 9 May in 2010.

History

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Guangzhou Opera House inZhu gian g New Town

In April 2002 an internationalarchitectural competitionattractedCoop Himmelb(l)au,Rem KoolhaasandZaha 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 alongsideBeijing'sNational Centre for the Performing ArtsandShanghai'sShanghai Grand Theatre.[4] May 2010 saw American filmmaker Shahar Stroh direct the premiere production of the opera house:Puccini's operaTurandot[1]which had in previous years been a controversial opera in China.[5]

The project cost 1.38 billionyuan(approx. US$200 million).[6][7]

Design

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The structure was designed by Iraqi architectZaha Hadid.[8]It is conceived as two rocks washed away by thePearl 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 criticJonathan GlanceyinThe Guardian,who called it "at once highly theatrical and insistently subtle."[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^abc"Guangzhou Opera House in China by Zaha Hadid Architects",March 3, 2011, Sanjay Ganga
  2. ^Rem Koolhaas proposalArchived2011-10-26 at theWayback Machine,OMA.eu
  3. ^"Zaha Hadid and Guangzhou Opera House",Episode II, CCTV.Com
  4. ^Ouroussoff, Nicolai (5 July 2011)."Chinese Gem That Elevates Its Setting".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved9 December2021.
  5. ^"...banned until the end of the 20th century...Turandot was perceived as an insult to China and its people."Archived7 July 2010 at theWayback Machine,Metropolitan Opera, NY website
  6. ^"Cost: 1.38 Billion RMB"Archived2011-03-25 at theWayback Machine,designlike
  7. ^"Designs that make impossible possible",Yu Tianyu, China Daily, 2011-03-17
  8. ^Newsgd. "Newsgd."Guangzhou starts opera house.Retrieved on 2010-02-24.
  9. ^"Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou — China - Meet Me At The Opera".Meet Me At The Opera.Retrieved16 January2018.
  10. ^Glancey, Jonathan (28 February 2011)."Move over, Sydney: Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House".The Guardian.Retrieved1 January2022.
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