Operaen - København - Copenhagen, Denmark
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N 55° 40.929 E 012° 35.996
33U E 349102 N 6173315
[EN] The Copenhagen Opera House - Denmark's world class venue for opera and ballet.
[DA] Det Kongelige Teaters operahus på Holmen i København.
Waymark Code: WM6Y94
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 08/04/2009
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[EN] The Copenhagen Opera House is located on The Dock Island, Holmen at Copenhagen Harbour, Denmark.
The opera house opened in January 2005.
The Opera was not created without controversy, as the architect Henning Larsen allegedly tried to leave the building project because the developer, AP Moeller Foundation, according to Danish news media suddenly, without the architect's knowledge and acceptance, announced that the Opera's glass front were to be covered with a range of broad horizontal steel beams. Professionals (i.e. architects) were shocked and compared the facade with the front of a Pontiac car model 1955. In public the Opera soon became known as ”The Toaster”.
[DA] Det Kongelige Teaters operahus ligger på Dokøen, som er en del af Holmen ved Københavns Havn.
Operaen åbnede i januar 2005.
Tilblivelsen af Operaen forløb angiveligt ikke uden kontroverser, idet arkitekten Henning Larsen skulle have forsøgt at trække sig ud af byggeriet, da bygherren, A.P. Møller-fonden, ifølge danske nyhedsmedier pludselig, uden arkitektens vidende og accept, offentliggjorde at Operaens glasfacade skulle være dækket med en række vandrette brede bjælker af stål. Fagfolk (dvs. arkitekter) var chokerede og sammenlignede facaden med køleren på en Pontiac model 1955. I folkemunde blev Operaen straks døbt ”Brødristeren”.