National Theatre Munich
The National Theatre in Munich—known locally as the *Bayerische Staatsoper*—is a neoclassical opera house built for scale as much as for music. The present building opened in 1963, recreating Karl von Fischer’s original neo-classical design, but enlarged to about 2,100 seats, making it Germany’s largest opera house. Its stage area spans 2,500 square metres, and it sits at the center of Munich’s state music life, housing the Bavarian State Opera, the Bavarian State Orchestra, and the Bavarian State Ballet. This site’s story begins in 1810, when King Maximilian I commissioned a new theatre because the nearby Cuvilliés Theatre had too little space. Construction began on 26 October 1811, but it faced interruptions and a fire in the unfinished building in 1817. …
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