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The Aalto Theatre (in German officially Aalto-Musiktheater Essen) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Essen, Germany. It was opened on 25 September 1988 with Richard Wagner's opera ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg''. The building is mainly used for opera and ballet performances; it also serves for concerts and gala events. The design by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto was the unanimous winner in a competition in 1959, but the building was begun only in 1983, seven years after Aalto's death. A feature of the auditorium's design is its asymmetrical layout and the indigo blue colour of the seats. The artistic director (''Intendant'') and music director (''Generalmusikdirektor'') from 1997 until 2013 was . He was succeeded by . Following a survey of 50 critics in 2008, the magazine ''Opernwelt'' declared the Aalto Theatre to be the best opera house in the German-speaking countries and awarded the title Opera House of the Year 2008. ==References== * (ed.): ''Das Theater von Alvar Aalto in Essen.'' Baedeker, Essen 1988, ISBN 3-920138-03-1 * Klaus Umbach: ("Musiktheater – In Rausch und Bogen" ) in: ''Der Spiegel'' Nr. 13/2007, Hamburg, 26 March 2007; pp. 158–159 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aalto Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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