Heinrich Seeling designed the original Deutsches Opernhaus, built by the then-independent city of Charlottenburg from plans of 1911. It opened on November 7, 1912 with Beethoven's Fidelio. A Royal Air Force air raid destroyed it on November 23, 1943.
Fritz Bornemann designed the rebuilding, which reopened on September 24, 1961 with Mozart's Don Giovanni. The article describes it only as a much-changed, sober design and gives no start or completion dates for construction, no materials and no facade details.
The house was renamed Städtische Oper in 1925 and Deutsches Opernhaus under Nazi control from 1933. Paul Baumgarten's remodel of 1935 cut the seating from 2,300 to 2,098. It is described as Germany's second-largest opera house, after Munich's, and is home to the Berlin State Ballet. The article gives no current capacity or visiting details.
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