Ankara Opera House ( tr, Opera Sahnesi) of the

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is the largest of the three venues for opera and ballet in Ankara, Turkey, the other two being ''Leyla Gencer Sahnesi'' in Ostim and ''Operet Sahnesi'' (Operetta Theater) in Sıhhiye. The building was originally designed by the Turkish architect

Şevki Balmumcu Şevki Balmumcu (1905 – 20 April 1982) was a Turkish architect who designed the Ankara Opera House Ankara Opera House ( tr, Opera Sahnesi) of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet is the largest of the three venues for opera and ballet in Ankara, ...

as an exhibition center, who came first in an international competition for the project in 1933. It was later converted into an opera house by the German architect

Paul Bonatz Paul Bonatz (6 December 1877 – 20 December 1956) was a German architect, member of the Stuttgart School and professor at the technical university in that city during part of World War II, and from 1954 until his death. He worked in many styl ...

, and started serving this function on April 2, 1948. The same building also serves as a theatre venue for the

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under the name ''Büyük Tiyatro''. The construction of a new main opera house for Ankara, in the vicinity of the original and of considerably larger capacity, is underway since 2005.

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External links

Official website

Architectural information on the Museum of Architecture website
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