The decision to build the Opera House was made in 1873. Following a public tender, the jury selected the design submitted by famed architect Miklós Ybl (1814-1891). Construction began in 1875 and,...
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The gently-sloped ground floor beneath the limestone façade accentuates the building’s monumental nature.
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The foyer is dominated by marble panels of various colours.
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The grand staircase is one of the most impressive aspects of the Opera House.
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The grand staircase is decorated with four marble statues.
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The horseshoe-shaped, three-floored auditorium provides a breathtaking experience.
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The round ceiling is decorated with Károly Lotz’s monumental cupola fresco.
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The boxes are decorated with gilded balustrades and armrests, while between them are dividing guardrails made from gilded tin and shaped to resemble stylised honey-suckle leaves.
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A private entrance from the carriage ramp in Dalszínház street – known as the royal staircase – leads to the parlours on the first floor.
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Leaving the Bertalan Székely Hall through its small oak door, we reach the first floor’s box corridor, as well as the left-side proscenium box, known as the Sissi Box.
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The parlour of the left-side proscenium box known as the Bertalan Székely Hall canbe accessed from the upstairs gallery atop the royal stairs.
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The Red Salon, which is the parlour for the royal box and received its name from its oak panels and sour cherry-coloured drapes, is situated on the first floor.
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The Feszty Bar has a low ceiling and is adorned with noble oak panelling, surrounded by a corridor for smoking decorated with blue-gold drapes.
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