SCHILLEROPER | Thursday, May 18, 2023

1:02 PM

#SCHILLEROPER: a surprise view as you walk out of the park, initially looks like an old gas works, but surrounded closely by flats, and then you realize it is nothing of the sort. It’s the steel skeletal remains of the Schiller Opera house, perhaps for Friedrich Schiller as the Globe was to Shakespeare. Bombed in WW2 but seemingly still in service, a fire pulled the curtains down for good. It could well be the only remaining structure of its kind left in Germany but there are no plans to return it to active duty. Hampered by paperwork, permits and property rights, the plans are to create a social housing project with a rotunda in the courtyard. A significant part of St Pauli deserves better than this. #hamburg #stpauli #schilleroperhamburg