The interior of the new opera house in Berlin (now the Staatsoper Unter den Linden), viewed from the stage looking out into the auditorium. The illustration was created on 8 March 1845. It documents the ceremonial reopening of the building on 7 December 1844, after the original opera house, designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, had been almost completely destroyed in a devastating fire in August 1843. The reconstruction was completed in a record time of just 16 months under the direction of the architect Carl Ferdinand Langhans. Illustration: reproduction of a 19th-century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of the original unknown, historical
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The interior of the new opera house in Berlin (now the Staatsoper Unter den Linden), viewed from the stage looking out into the auditorium. The illustration was created on 8 March 1845. It documents the ceremonial reopening of the building on 7 December 1844, after the original opera house, designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, had been almost completely destroyed in a devastating fire in August 1843. The reconstruction was completed in a record time of just 16 months under the direction of the architect Carl Ferdinand Langhans. Illustration: reproduction of a 19th-century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of the original unknown, historical

Date

Jul 14, 2026

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK26H06_169

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Royalty free

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132.6Mb (44.2Mb) / 28.3in x 18.2in / 8480 x 5464 (300dpi)

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