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Credit: Roland zh
Zürich Opera House, originally built in 1891 and designed by the Viennese architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer. Renovation and restoration of the building took place between 1982 and 1984, but not without huge local opposition which erupted into street riots. The rebuilt theatre was inaugurated with performances of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the world première of Rudolf Kelterborn's opera Der Kirschgarten.