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Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is an opera house, performing arts centre, and urban landmark designed by Santiago Calatrava to anchor the northwest end of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. It opened on 8 October 2005; its first opera staging was of Beethoven's Fidelio on 25 October 2006. Tenor and conductor Plácido Domingo has maintained a special relationship with the Palau since its founding and has…

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2005

Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Opera house and performing arts centre designed by Santiago Calatrava in Valencia, Spain

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Santiago Calatrava

Born 1951 · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish-Swiss architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculptural forms often resemble living organisms. His best-known works include the Olympic Spor…

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studio · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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