Tonhalle Düsseldorf

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| name = Tonhalle Düsseldorf

| image = Tonhalle Duesseldorf Oederallee Pempelfort Duesseldorf Germany 02.jpg

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| coordinates = {{coord|51.232|N|6.773|E|region:DE-NW_type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}

| type = Concert hall

| built = 1926

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| former_names = Lyric Theatre

| seating_type = Reserve

| seating_capacity = 1854

| website = [http://www.tonhalle.de/ www.tonhalle.de]

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Tonhalle Düsseldorf is a concert hall in Düsseldorf. It was built by the architect Wilhelm Kreis.{{cite web |url= http://www.tonhalle.de/downloadstuff/TH_Portrait_2008_eng_low.pdf |title= TH Portrait 2008 |access-date= 2009-01-18 |archive-date= 2016-03-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201335/http://www.tonhalle.de/downloadstuff/TH_Portrait_2008_eng_low.pdf |url-status= dead }} The resident orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, play symphonic repertoire at the Tonhalle as well as opera at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

History

File:Düsseldorf Tonhalle Saal.jpg

It was built in 1926 for the GeSoLei exhibition as a planetarium, the biggest in the world at the point of construction. During the 1970s it was converted into a concert hall.

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