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General Information

Other name(s): Théâtre de Lille
Beginning of works: 1907
Completion: 1913
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Theater building
Opera house
Architectural style: Neoclassical

Location

Location: , , ,
Address: Place du théâtre
Coordinates: 50° 38' 15.56" N    3° 3' 55.01" E
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Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Opéra de Lille is a neo-classical opera house, built from 1907 to 1913 and officially inaugurated in 1923.

In 1903 fire destroyed the previous Lille opera house, which had been designed by Lille architect Michael Joseph Lequeux and built in 1785. For the replacement city officials chose architect Louis Marie Cordonnier by competition. Cordonnier's Belle Époque design features an elaborate pediment relief by sculptor Hippolyte Lefèbvre, and two flanking bas-relief panels Alphonse-Amédée Cordonnier and Hector Lemaire. The interior includes work by sculptor Edgar-Henri Boutry.

In July 1914, while not quite completed, the Germans occupied the city during World War I and commandeered much of the furniture and equipment of the Opéra to furnish the other opera in Lille, the Theatre Sebastopol. After four years of occupation, the building was restored and reopened its doors in 1923 for a rededication as the Grand Theatre and a "première française".

In 1998 the theatre's physical condition required an emergency closure, in mid-season. Renovations evolved into a more ambitious project to improve the building's functional capabilities for the public and for performing artists. This project was complete in time for Lille's year as European Capital of Culture in 2004.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Opéra de Lille" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20014384
  • Published on:
    15/11/2004
  • Last updated on:
    28/10/2016
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