Bayerisches Nationaltheater
Bayerisches Nationaltheater stands on Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich as a neoclassical opera house with an imposing façade. The building is wheelchair accessible and houses the Bavarian State Opera, its orchestra, and ballet.
King Maximilian I commissioned the first theatre in the early nineteenth century, and Karl von Fischer designed it. That building opened in 1818 but burned five years later. Leo von Klenze shaped its successor with Neo-Grec elements before the Second World War destroyed it. The present structure opened in 1963, recreating the original design with modern enhancements.
The wooden auditorium gives performances exceptional acoustics and connects the architecture with its operatic purpose. World premieres have included works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, linking the stage to major German opera. Inside, sculpted caryatids support the royal box as striking architectural figures.
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