Semperoper - Dresden, Germany - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

The stamp presenting one of the top-attractions of Dresden - famous Opera House - Semperoper, was issued in 1991 as a part a big stamp serie named Sehenswürdigkeiten (Tourist attractions) emitted from 1987 to 2004.

The Opera House is also one of Dresden's most impressive monuments.One of Germany's best-known and most popular theaters, this magnificent opera house saw the premieres of Richard Wagner's Rienzi, Der Fliegende Holländer, and Tannhäuser and Richard Strauss's Salome, Elektra, and Der Rosenkavalier. The Dresden architect Gottfried Semper built the house in 1838–41 in Italian Renaissance style, then saw his work destroyed in a fire caused by a careless lamplighter. Semper had to flee Dresden after participating in a democratic uprising, but his son Manfred rebuilt the theater in the neo-Renaissance style you see today, though even Manfred Semper's version had to be rebuilt after the devastating bombing raid of February 1945. On the 40th anniversary of that raid—February 13, 1985—the Semperoper reopened with a performance of Der Freischütz, by Carl Maria von Weber, the last opera performed in the building before its destruction.

Stamp Issuing Country: Germany Date of Issue: October 10, 1991 Denomination: 400 Pfennig Color: red, orange Stamp Type: Single Stamp Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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