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Chandelier
The main hall is decorated VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
with a bronze chandelier that
weighs 3,050 kg (3 tons). It Practical Information
illuminates a magnificent Andrássy út 22. Map 2 E4. Tel (1)
fresco by Károly Lotz of the 332 81 97 or 353 01 70 (box office).
& ^ 7 = 8 3pm & 4pm
Greek gods on Olympus.
daily. ∑ operavisit.hu
Transport
q Opera. v 4, 6.

Central Stage
This proscenium arch stage employed
the most modern technology of the
time. It featured a revolving stage and
metal hydraulic machinery.

Miklós Ybl (1814–91)
The most prominent Hungarian architect of
the second half of the 19th century, Miklós
Ybl had an enormous influence on the . Royal Box
development of Budapest. He was a Located centrally in
practitioner of Historicism, and tended the three-storey circle, the
to use Neo-Renaissance forms. The royal box is decorated with
State Opera House and the dome sculptures symbolizing
of St Stephen’s Basilica are the four operatic voices –
examples of his work. Ybl also soprano, alto, tenor and bass.
built apartment buildings and
palaces for the aristocracy in this
style. A statue of the architect
stands on the western bank of the
Danube, in Miklós Ybl Square. Bust of Miklós Ybl

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