Grand Theatre, Warsaw
The Grand Theatre in Warsaw (Polish: Teatr Wielki w Warszawie), known in full as the Grand Theatre–National Opera, 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 Ballet and has a seating capacity of over 2,000.
| Address | 1 Theatre Square Warsaw Poland |
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| Public transit | Ratusz Arsenal Plac Teatralny 01, 02, 04 |
| Capacity | over 2000 seats |
| Construction | |
| Opened | February 24, 1833 |
| Demolished | September 1939 |
| Rebuilt | 1965 (entirely) |
| Years active | 1833-present |
| Architect | Antonio Corazzi, Chrystian Piotr Aigner, Bohdan Pniewski |
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.