• W A R S A W • Masovian Voivodeship NOVEMBER 2021 3 of 3 Teatr Wielki w Warszawie (Fidelio: Opera by Arturo Toscanini and Ludwig van Beethoven) The Grand Theatre in Warsaw is a theatre and opera complex situated on the historic Theatre Square in central Warsaw, Poland. The Warsaw Grand Theatre is home to the Polish National Opera, the Polish National Ballet, and a theatrical company; and is one of the largest theatrical venues in the world, with a seating capacity of over 2,000. The Warsaw Grand Theatre was inaugurated on 24 February 1833 with a production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. After the building's bombing and near-complete destruction in World War II, it was rebuilt and reopened on 19 November 1965 after having been closed for over twenty years. The original building was designed in a neoclassical style by architects Antonio Corazzi and Chrystian Piotr Aigner, and later restored by Bohdan Pniewski. Fidelio, originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe, Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with the work premiering at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805. #warsaw #teatrwielki #warsawgrandtheater #beethoven #fidelio #opera #libretto #classicalmusic #performance #sundaynight (at Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVut9XfMNrLVSIr-vwA64NI6dmW3AIwnC9EqyA0/?utm_medium=tumblr
