Copenhagen Opera House
The Danish capital of Copenhagen has long been a center for modern design, yet the city had no real showplace of design that has evolved in Denmark over the past 75 years. Well, last year the city celebrated the opening of its very own modern masterpeice, the Copenhagen Opera House. Situated on the island Holmen, in beautiful alignment with Amalienborg Palace and the Marble Church, the opera house seems to float across the water from its baroque counterparts. A gift to the country from Maersk founder A.P. Moller, the opera house is built of glass and stone with a positioning that reminds us of the Sydney Opera House. Patrons can arrive to the opera by boat from the city and make a grand entrance into a marble foyer surrounding the maple clad performance hall. So, next time you're in Denmark, be sure to catch a performance in this world class facility.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
luxury affair Jul 10th 2006 1:14PM
wow! sydney eat your heart out
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daen Jul 11th 2006 1:50PM
Well, from a distance, it's not a pretty building. There's a line-of-sight axis running through Amalienborg, with the glorious Marble Church at one terminus, and the Opera House at the other, across the canal. I'm afraid to say that the Opera House rather dominates the view in a none-too-positive way. However, as you get closer to it, either from the side on foot, by bicycle or by car, the true scale and audacity of it become apparent. By water the building is even more magnificent up close. One way to avoid having to look upon it from a distance is to spend more time up close to it - or better still, inside it looking out!