Wrocław Opera
Lower Silesia's opera company in a neoclassical house on Świdnicka Street, opened in 1841.
The opera house on Świdnicka Street opened in 1841 as the Breslau municipal theatre, designed in a restrained neoclassical manner by Carl Ferdinand Langhans. Fire destroyed much of the building in 1865 and again in 1871; the rebuilding by Karl Schmidt gave the auditorium its present horseshoe form of boxes and balconies. The house was damaged in 1945, repaired after the war, and thoroughly modernised between 1997 and 2006, when the stage machinery and technical systems were renewed.
Wrocław Opera maintains its own orchestra, chorus and ballet, and stages a mixed repertoire of opera, operetta, ballet and concerts through a season running from autumn to summer. The company is also known for large-scale productions mounted outside the theatre, in the Centennial Hall, on Pergola island and on the Odra river. Educational programmes, backstage tours under the title Opera Labyrinth and chamber concerts run alongside the main stage programme.
Highlights
- Neoclassical house of 1841 by Carl Ferdinand Langhans
- Horseshoe auditorium of gilded boxes and balconies
- Resident orchestra, chorus and ballet company
- Backstage tours and family workshops through the EduOpera programme
