Royal Opera House Valletta
Also known as Pjazza Teatru Rjal
1866
Neoclassical
theater
Designed by Edward Middleton Barry on a footprint of 63 by 34 meters, the Royal Opera House opened on 9 October 1866 with seating for 1,095 plus 200 standing spaces. The interior burned in 1873 and was reopened in 1877; on 7 April 1942…
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- 1866
E.M. Barry
- 2013
A 1,000-seat open-air venue inserted into the bombed shell, reusing the surviving column bases and lower walls as a found ruin and adding lightweight steel rigging that does not touch the historic stonework.
Renzo Piano, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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