Hamburg State Opera

Hamburgische Staatsoper
Hamburg State Opera
The Opera's front façade on Dammtorstraße in 2010
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Former namesHamburgische Oper
Hamburgisches Stadt-Theater
LocationGroße Theaterstraße 25,
20354 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates53°33′24″N 9°59′20″E / 53.55667°N 9.98889°E / 53.55667; 9.98889
Public transitU2 Gänsemarkt (50 m)
U1 Stephansplatz (100 m)
Typeopera house
Capacity1,690
Construction
Built1678
Opened2 January 1678 (1678-01-02)
Renovated2002–05
Rebuilt1826–27
1953–55
ArchitectGirolamo Sartorio (1678 building)
Carl Ludwig Wimmel (1827 building)
Gerhard Weber (1955 building)
Website
www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de

The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since 2015, the current Intendant of the company is Georges Delnon, and the current Generalmusikdirektor of the company is Kent Nagano.