The Old Opera House has been serving as a cultural arts center in the community of Charles Town, WV for the last century. In 1910, Annie G. Packette, whose family tree included George Washington, raised $50,000 and employed a Washington, D.C. architect to design and construct the New Opera House.
It was a classic theater structure, complete with fly-space for hanging scenery above the proscenium stage, an orchestra pit and a rarely seen curved balcony.Adjacent to the theatre building is a structure that most likely dates back to the 1890's. The main theatre then seated 500 people and lived through two wars, a depression and the advent of radio.
It was a classic theater structure, complete with fly-space for hanging scenery above the proscenium stage, an orchestra pit and a rarely seen curved balcony.Adjacent to the theatre building is a structure that most likely dates back to the 1890's. The main theatre then seated 500 people and lived through two wars, a depression and the advent of radio.
Services
Educating children in the performing arts is at the center of the Old Opera House's mission. The Old Opera House Dance Studio offers classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and Broadway style dance for dancers from ages 3 to 18. The Old Opera House Acting Studio offers classes for young theatre performers from ages 8 to 18.
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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. 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 located in the inner city district, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel.
The Oper Frankfurt now plays in the Opern
The square in front of the building is known as Opernplatz (Opera Square). The Alte Oper is located in the inner city district, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel.
The Oper Frankfurt now plays in the Opern
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Dec 28, 2019
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Sep 05, 2017
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