The Present Theater On The Leidseplein (1894-today)
The present theatre replaced its burned-down predecessor. It was built between 1892 and 1894 to a design of Jan L. Springer (1850–1915), with the cooperation of his father J. B. Springer and Adolf Leonard van Gendt. In 1982 it became a Rijksmonument. From the end Second World War, until the opening of the Stopera in 1986, The Netherlands Opera was based in the Stadsschouwburg.
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