Algerian National Theater Mahieddine Bachtarzi [Algiers, DZ]
type: Item
label: Teatro Nacional de Argelia @es
description: building in Algeria
description: theater in Algiers @nl
alternative label: Algerian National Theater Mahieddine Bachtarzi
Wikidata source: Q3527878
EUTA research ID II: 296
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Web: tna.dz
Country: Algeria
City: Algiers
EUTA building identifier: 6246
opening date: 1853-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fires in Theatres id: 262
Burnt down date: 1882-03-20T00:00:00Z
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 11
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/20535-Theatre-National-Algerien
Address: 10, rue Hadj Omar
Carthalia ID: 849
Modern Opera Houses ID: 567
Building date: 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1850-1853 as Théatre impérial (also known as Théatre municipal or Opéra) by Frederic Chassériau. Opened 29 September 1853. Original capacity: 1534 patrons. Destroyed by fire in 1882, subsequently rebuilt by Oudot (new capacity: 2095 patrons). 1936 interior rebuilding by Taphoureau and Guermonprez. Ca. 1962 renamed Théâtre National Algérien (TNA). Also known as Théâtre National Populaire. 1969 major interior rebuilding. Later renamed Théâtre National Algérien Mahieddine Bachtarzi in honour of the Algerian singer, actor, writer and director, Mahieddine Bachtarzi (1897-1986). 750 seats.