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Hanoi Opera House
The Hanoi Opera House is situated on Le Thanh Tong
St., Hanoi; near the Red River and several hundreds meters east of Hoan Kiem
Lake.
It is an old theatre with French architecture and typical Gothic and Mosaic
characters reflected on the door domes and the glassed room respectively.
For a long time, the Hanoi Opera House has been a rendezvous for those who love
theatrical performance and traditional songs and music, symphonies, opera and
classical opera. It is also a tourist attraction for local and foreign visitors.
The Hanoi Opera House is renowned for its unique architecture and good
composition. It is furnished rationally and harmoniously. Since its
establishment, the Hanoi Opera House is the largest theatre in Vietnam. Its
construction started in 1901 and completed in 1911. Previously the site was a
big pond, adjacent to the city gate of Tay Long (also called Tay Luong) of the
ancient Thang Long Capital. The construction met with many difficulties, because
the foundations of the theatre were built on the pond. Before building a
concrete foundation, nearly one metre thick, the pond was emptied and dredged,
then 30,000 hard bamboo stakes were placed on its bed.
The Hanoi Opera House is of the same architectural style as the Opera House in
France. Some foreign architects said that due to being built nearly 300 years
after the Paris Opera House, the Hanoi Opera House avoids superfluous
architectural details, which make it more magnificent and attractive.
After nearly 100 years of operation, the theatre's equipment and adornments
became old and run down. In 1997, the theatre was repaired and modernized under
the management of two Vietnamese French architects, Ho Thieu Tri and Hoang Phuc
Sinh. The original architecture of the 3-storey theatre has remained. The
decorative designs on the ceiling, arches, walls, and doors were renewed. The
3-metre-high stage and the audience's hall, with 600 seats, were also modernized
in conformity with international standards. The theatre has been equipped with
state-of-art facilities and appliances, compatible for all types of artistic
performances, from folk music and songs, ballets and piano to classical opera,
reformed opera, Vietnamese operetta and drama, all made great impressions on the
audience. The Hanoi Opera House has also successfully organised many large-scale
international concerts.
The Hanoi Opera House is a worthy artistic centre and a cultural and
architectural relic of the capital Hanoi.
There is nothing more striking in Hanoi than looking down Trang Tien Street and
seeing the Hanoi Opera House standing strong at.
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