Tonhalle Düsseldorf

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Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Tonhalle Düsseldorf.jpg
Former namesLyric Theatre
Coordinates51°13′55″N 6°46′23″E / 51.232°N 6.773°E / 51.232; 6.773Coordinates: 51°13′55″N 6°46′23″E / 51.232°N 6.773°E / 51.232; 6.773
TypeConcert hall
Seating typeReserveg
Capacity2500
Construction
Built1926
Website
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.

Main concert hall

References[]

  1. ^ "TH Portrait 2008" (PDF).


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