The Royal Swedish Opera, located in Stockholm, was founded by King Gustav III in 1773. Originally performing in Bollhuset, it moved to the Gustavian Opera, designed by architect Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz in 1782, commissioned by King Gustav III himself. The defining moment in its history took place on 16 March 1792, as King Gustav III was shot and killed during a masquerade ball at the theatre.
The Gustavian Opera served until the end of the 19th century. The old opera was demolished in 1892 to give way to a new opera house drawn by Axel Johan Anderberg. This new house was finished seven years later and inaugurated by King Oscar II with a production of Franz Berwald's Estrella de Soria. The current building is a nineteenth-century opera house featuring neo-renaissance architecture.
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