Academy of Music (Philadelphia)

The Academy of Music, and the American Academy of Music, is an American opera house in Philadelphia.

History

Prior to the construction of a competition in 1854 proclaimed that the respected and is mainly active in Philadelphia architect Napoleon LeBrun won. At the foundation stone was laid in 1855 by the then President of the United States Franklin Pierce took part. The opera house was completed in 1857, the first performance was on 25 February of the year Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi. The Academy of Music has since been continuously used as an opera house and is the oldest building used for these purposes in the United States. The opera has space for about 3,000 people and is also called " Grand Old Lady of Broad Street" ( according to the location of the building on Broad Street) called. It is the seat of the Pennsylvania Ballet and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. Until his move in 2001, the Philadelphia Orchestra, there was also a resident.

In the course of over 150 years, many world-renowned artists, conductors and composers were guests, various operas, such as Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss or The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner, in Philadelphia had its U.S. premiere.

The Academy of Music was classified as "particularly significant" and is a National Historic Landmark since 1962, in the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 they added.

Miscellaneous

The Academy of Music was in 1872 place the Republican National Convention, the film The Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese from the year 1993, was filmed partly in the building.

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