Tonhalle Düsseldorf
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Former names | Lyric Theatre |
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Coordinates | 51°13′55″N 6°46′23″E / 51.232°N 6.773°ECoordinates: 51°13′55″N 6°46′23″E / 51.232°N 6.773°E |
Type | Concert hall |
Seating type | Reserveg |
Capacity | 2500 |
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Built | 1926 |
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www.tonhalle.de |
Tonhalle Düsseldorf is a concert hall in Düsseldorf. It was built by the architect Wilhelm Kreis.[1] The resident orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, play symphonic repertoire at the Tonhalle as well as opera at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
History[]
It was built in 1926 for the GeSoLei exhibition as a planetarium, the biggest in the world at the point of construction. During the 1970s it was converted into a concert hall.
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Main concert hall
References[]
- ^ "TH Portrait 2008" (PDF).
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