Flanders Opera, Ghent

Designed by Louis Roelandt

On the 31st of May, 1698, the Municipal Theatre was inaugurated with Lully's opera Thesée. This theatre burnt down on the 16th of December 1715. On the same place a new theatre was built. At that time the theatre was in the possession of the Saint-Sebastian guild. In 1812 the theatre came in the hands of the city. The theatre was broken down in 1837.
Three years later, on the 30th of August 1840, the new opera house was opened. It was designed by Louis Roelandt in the neo-classic style. In 1911, the opera house was expanded with an entrance hall, designed by Charles van Rhysselberghe.
The opera house was closed in 1988 for reasons of security. The restoration started in 1989. The opera of Ghent was re-opened on the 2nd of September 1993 with Verdi's Otello.

Address:

   Flanders Opera

   3, Schouwburgstraat

   9000 Ghent, Belgium

   Tel: +32 9  223 06 81

   Fax: +32 9  223 87 26

Ticket office:

3, Schouwburgstraat.  Tue-Sat: 11AM - 5.45PM

Tel: +32 9  225 24 25

Ticket prices:

Category 1  2100  2700
Category 2  1600  2200
Category 3  1000  1400
Category 4   500   800
Category 5   250   400
Category 6   150   150

Capacity

1015 seats