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El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts) is an opera house and cultural centre in Valencia, Spain, the last-completed part of a grand City of Arts and Sciences concept designed by the Valencia-born and internationally-known architect, Santiago Calatrava, which began in 1995 and which opened on 8 October 2005. The first opera - Beethoven's Fidelio- was given on 25 October 2006. The building was constructed by a joint venture of Dragados and Necso. Administration of the building is in the hands of Helga Schmidt, formerly from London's Royal Opera House from 1973 to 1981. Schmidt has attracted some major artists to be involved with the Palau. Among them is Zubin Mehta who heads up an annual music and opera festival, the "Festival del Mediterraneo" which began in 2007; Lorin Maazel who became music director; and Placido Domingo who brought his Operalia competition to the Palau in October 2007.
El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts) is an opera house and cultural centre in Valencia, Spain, the last-completed part of a grand City of Arts and Sciences concept designed by the Valencia-born and internationally-known architect, Santiago Calatrava, which began in 1995 and which opened on 8 October 2005. The first opera - Beethoven's Fidelio- was given on 25 October 2006. The building was constructed by a joint venture of Dragados and Necso. Administration of the building is in the hands of Helga Schmidt, formerly from London's Royal Opera House from 1973 to 1981. Schmidt has attracted some major artists to be involved with the Palau. Among them is Zubin Mehta who heads up an annual music and opera festival, the "Festival del Mediterraneo" which began in 2007; Lorin Maazel who became music director; and Placido Domingo who brought his Operalia competition to the Palau in October 2007.
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