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The original opera house in Frankfurt is now the Alte Oper (''Old Opera''), a concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1880 but destroyed by bombs in 1944. It was rebuilt, slowly, in the 1970s, opening again in 1981. Frankfurt Opera is now in a modern building nearby, next door to Schauspiel Frankfurt (drama). Many important operas were performed for the first time in Frankfurt, including Carl Orff's ''Carmina Burana'' in 1937. The square in front of the building is known as Opernplatz (Opera Square). The Alte Oper is in the centre of town Innenstadt, near the Bankenviertel. ==Inauguration== The building was designed by the Berlin architect Richard Lucae, financed by the citizens of Frankfurt and built by Philipp Holzmann. Construction began in 1873.〔Groß, p. 50〕 It opened on October 20, 1880. Among the guests was Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, who was impressed and said: ''Das könnte ich mir in Berlin nicht erlauben.'' (''I couldn't permit myself this sort of thing in Berlin.'') The citizens of Frankfurt, who had to finance the structure (initial estimate two million marks), were rather sceptical at first. Alluding to the inscription on the frieze :"''Dem Wahren, Schönen, Guten''", ("''To the true, the beautiful, the good''") The folkloristic Frankfurt poet Adolf Stoltze wrote, in his best Hessian dialect: :''Dem Wahre, Scheene, Gute, die Berjerschaft muß blute.'' (''To the true, the beautiful, the good, the citizenry must bleed.'') 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「Alte Oper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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