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The Vienna State Opera on the Ringstrasse was built from 1861 to 1869 to designs by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll and opened as the Court Opera. Rebuilt after bomb damage in 1945, the 1,709-seat house stages opera and ballet nearly every evening of the season and offers guided tours by day.
The Burgtheater is Austria's national theatre and stages German-language drama on the Ringstrasse, opposite the City Hall. Its Neo-Renaissance building was designed by Gottfried Semper and Carl von Hasenauer and opened in 1888; Gustav and Ernst Klimt and Franz Matsch painted the ceilings of its two grand staircases.
The Musikverein is a concert hall built for the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna to designs by the Danish-born architect Theophil Hansen and opened in 1870. Its gilded Great Hall, known as the Golden Hall, is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic and the venue of its New Year's Concert; guided tours show the halls on weekdays.
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