The Hanoi Opera House project, located on the Quang An area, Tay Ho ward has just been honoured at the 2025 Bui Xuan Phai – For the Love of Hanoi Awards. The development, invested by Sun Group and designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, is expected to become a new cultural and artistic symbol of Hanoi in the new era.
The opera house will include two main auditoriums: a 1,797-seat opera hall and a versatile multi-purpose hall with 1,430 standing places and 216 balcony seats, suitable for concerts, live shows, and large-scale events. Other spaces include rehearsal rooms, a museum, viewing terraces, and an expansive main foyer.
The “Bui Xuan Phai: For the Love of Hanoi” Awards were launched in 2008 by "The thao va Van hoa" and the family of painter Bui Xuan Phai (1920 - 1988), who is renowned for his paintings of Hanoi.
The life of Hanoi residents during the subsidy period in the ‘60s and ‘70s is recreated at the Music Garden space at the Hanoi Opera House. These activities are part of the "Hanoi - Touching the Memory" programme, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Capital Liberation Day.
Arriving in Hanoi, visitors sense the balance between the modern and the ancient beauty of the capital city. This axis is present in many of the long-standing architectural landmarks such as the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Thang Long Royal Citadel, and the Long Bien Bridge.
Winners of the 18th Cong hien (Devotion) Awards were honoured at a ceremony organised by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper at the Hanoi Opera House on March 27 evening.
The Hanoi Opera House Management Board has launched a night cultural tourism product named “Music Garden”, with which people can enjoy music and the theatre’s architectural beauty at night.
The Hanoi Opera House Management Board on March 2 evening launched a night cultural tourism product named “Music Garden”, with which people can enjoy music and the theatre’s architectural beauty at night.
A special music show marking the 80th anniversary of the “Outline of Vietnamese Culture”, the first platform on culture launched by the Communist Party of Vietnam, is scheduled to be held at Hanoi Opera House on February 28 evening.
A special concert will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on November 26 night as part of the activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Austria.
The Vietnam National Opera & Ballet (VNOB) will bring back the musical “Les Miserables” to the stage at the Hanoi Opera House for two nights of September 29-30.
An art performance took place at the Hanoi Opera House on January 26 to mark the 92nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - 2022).
Sixty-seven journalism works in Party building will be honoured at the Bua Liem Vang (Golden Hammer and Sickle) Award, to be held in Hanoi this week, heard at a meeting on January 18.
