The first opera house in Stockholm would open in 1782, located in the center of Sweden's capital city in the Norrmalm district of the city between Gustav Adolfs torg (city square) and the Kungsan (King's Garden) - adjacent to the Royal Palace and along the Norrstrom river. The original opera house, now known as the Gustavian Opera, was the work of architect Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz and commissioned by King Gustav III (who would later be assassinated in the same building ten years later). The opera house would serve the city for a little more than a century before being demolished and replaced at the end of the 19th century (1899) by the present Royal Opera House (Kungliga Operan), also known as the Oscarian Opera. The Operan would be Swedish architect Axel Johan Anderberg's first big commission (1889-1898) that utilized parts of the old opera foundations and left the main entrance on the square. The fairly traditional, quasi-neo-baroque architecture would utilize Swedish granite and Limestone at the exterior of the street level with rose-tinted stucco above - keeping a strong axial relationship in line with the main entrance.
Site Plan
Royal Opera House from Kungsan (King's Garden)
Kungsan (King's Garden)
Gustav Adolfs torg (city square)
Interior of Operan's Auditorium
Site Aerial