![]() ![]() The staircase is embellished with a monument (1910) by the Belgian sculptor Paul Dubois honouring the manager and musical director Dupont, and with a number of monumental paintings (1907-1933) by Emile Fabry. A dark-blue enamelled, plate steel ‘frieze’ serves to emphasize the top two floors and is a post-modern touch added during the renovation works carried out in 1985-86. In 1854 Eugène Simonis put the finishing touch to the façade in the form of a pediment with a bas-relief representing ‘The Harmony of Human Passions’. The Façadeĭesigned by Louis Damesme in a neo-classical style, the façade of the theatre dates from 1819. ![]() Tangible Emotion was mounted in the renovated buildings. Only the pediment (Eugene Simonis ‘Harmony of Human Passions’), the colonnade and the outside walls were left intact.ġ856 Inauguration of the third theatre by architect Joseph Poelaert.ġ876 Gédéon Bordiau added an extra floor and installed the building’s first sophisticated air-conditioning system.ġ963 ‘La Monnaie’ became a national institution, having first been run as a private concession and then by the City of Brussels.ġ985 The Department of Public Works decided to renovate the building for technical, safety and aesthetic reasons.ġ986 Inauguration of the restored building.ġ998 To mark the 300th anniversary of La Monnaie, the stage organ was restored and the restored paintings on canvas were reinstalled on the cupola of the auditorium.Ģ000 Inauguration of the New Monnaie workshops in the ancient Vanderborght buildings and the neo-classical building at no. This work played an important part in Belgium’s struggle for independence.ġ853 Repertoire restricted to opera and dance.ġ855 The interior of the theatre was destroyed by fire. It was considered one of the most beautiful theatres outside Italy.ġ800 Napoleon decided to build a new theatre.ġ819 Inauguration of the new theatre designed by the French architect Louis Damesme.ġ830 King William of the Spanish Netherlands lifted the prohibition on the staging of Auber’s opera The Mute of Portici. ![]() Udo Reinemann International Masterclassġ695 Gio Paolo Bombarda, owner of the theatre at the Hooikaai, banker and financial counsellor to Maximilian II Emmanuel of Bavaria and governor of the Spanish Netherlands, decided to build a public theatre for opera, theatre and ballet performances.ġ700 This theatre was built by the architects Paolo and Pietro Bezzi on the site of the former ‘Herberge van Oistervant’ mint (‘La Monnaie’ is the French word for ‘coins’).If you registered and need assistance on the day of, please email Andréa Fuentes at view recent virtual Opera for Educators presentation, visit our new LA Opera Connects YouTube channel.Ĭan't make a class? Browse through our lesson plans here. November 4 - El último sueño de Frida y Diego by Gabriela Lena Frankįebruary 3 - Highway 1, USA/The Dwarf by William Grant Still/Alexander Zemlinsky October 7 - The Barber of Seville by Rossini Classes do not include admission to mainstage opera productions.Seven Saturday sessions from 9am to 3pm.(Learn more about Salary Points and view our Homework Menu.) LAUSD salary points and UCLA extension credit are available.Listening to gorgeous music and discussing the latest in arts scholarship with experts in the field…sounds like a perfect Saturday to us! We have experts in music, history, languages and-of course-opera, ready to work with you to integrate opera into your classrooms. ![]()
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