Guangzhou Opera House () is a

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opera house in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it opened on 9 May in 2010.

History

In April 2002 an international architectural competition attracted Coop Himmelb(l)au,

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and Zaha Hadid – each producing detailed designs. In November 2002, Zaha Hadid's "double pebble" was announced the winner and the groundbreaking ceremony was held early in 2005. The theatre has become the biggest performing centre in southern China and is one of the three biggest theatres in the nation alongside Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts and Shanghai's Shanghai Grand Theatre. May 2010 saw American filmmaker Shahar Stroh direct the premiere production of the opera house:

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's opera Turandot"Guangzhou Opera House in China by Zaha Hadid Architects"
March 3, 2011, Sanjay Ganga which had in previous years been a controversial opera in China. The project cost 1.38 billion yuan (approx. US$200 million).

Design

The structure was designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. It is conceived as two rocks washed away by the Pearl River. Its freestanding concrete auditorium set within an exposed granite and glass-clad steel frame took over five years to build, and was praised upon opening by architectural critic Jonathan Glancey in '' The Guardian'', who called it "at once highly theatrical and insistently subtle."

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Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid Architects

{{authority control Opera houses in China Zaha Hadid buildings Postmodern architecture in China Buildings and structures in Guangzhou Tourist attractions in Guangzhou Music venues completed in 2010 2010 establishments in China Neo-futurism architecture Tianhe District

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