The Vienna State Opera is one of the leading opera houses in the world, and the first major public building completed on the Ringstrasse, the grand boulevard that replaced Vienna's old city walls. It was designed by the architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll in a neo-Renaissance style, and both died before it opened, the second reportedly after harsh public criticism of the design. The house opened with Mozart's Don Giovanni. It was badly damaged by bombing in 1945 and rebuilt, reopening in 1955 with Beethoven's Fidelio. It is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic, whose musicians are drawn from its orchestra, and it hosts the annual Vienna Opera Ball.
Before and after
- 18 March 1869Birth of Neville Chamberlain
- 20 March 1869Publication of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- 6 April 1869Founding of American Museum of Natural History
- 10 May 1869The first US transcontinental railroad is completed
- 25 May 1869Construction of Vienna State Opera house
- 27 June 1869Birth of Emma Goldman
- 24 September 1869Black Friday
- 2 October 1869Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
- 8 October 1869Death of Franklin Pierce
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The era
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