Göteborgsoperan
Harbourside opera house with sail-inspired lines, opened in 1994 after decades of debate.
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This guide to GöteborgsOperan in Gothenburg starts far from the harbour, in September nineteen seventy-one, on the floor of a brand-new ice-hockey arena where Sweden's most famous soprano is singing Aida. It follows the city's long, noisy argument over whether it needed an opera house at all, with actors, petitions and a packed sports hall. Best heard outside by the water, where you can take in the building's lines.
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