The Ganymede fountain
1888 before the theatre — the square's landmark.
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The historic one for classic opera and ballet in a small opulent hall; the new one on the Danube for large productions with modern staging — the website states which venue each performance uses.
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A Neo-Renaissance theatre at the head of the elegant promenade: the Austrian architects Fellner and Helmer built it in 1886 — the pair who built dozens of theatres across Central Europe from Odesa to Zurich — with a columned, statued facade and a balcony, and before it the Ganymede fountain of 1888 that became the square's landmark. The historic auditorium is small and opulent with gilded boxes, staging opera and ballet at prices among Europe's cheapest for the standard — while the larger new building on the Danube bank has hosted the major productions since 2007, though visitors come to the historic one for its facade. The square before it is Bratislava's living room: cafés, trees and street musicians, with a Christmas market in December — and walking from it to the Old Town Hall and then the castle covers the whole old town in an hour.
1888 before the theatre — the square's landmark.
Gilded boxes at intimate scale.
Hviezdoslavovo námestie, Bratislava