The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist style, designated UNESCO World Heritage site and performance venue located in the harbor of Sydney, Australia. It was completed in 1972 and can seat a total of 5,738 in its 6 performance spaces combined. It features a neo-baroque style, Ronald Sharp designed pipe organ that’s comprised of 6 ranks and manuals spread out over 10,244 pipes😍
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Neues Palais von Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam AKA New Palace of Potsdam is a Baroque-Rococo style palace located in Potsdam, Germany. It was completed in 1769 and is considered to be the last great Baroque Palace of Prussia. It was built for King Friedrich II AKA Frederick the Great and owing to his love of and work in the arts it features an intricately gold gilded Royal Theater. As of 1990, Neues Palais von Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali AKA The National Museum of Musical Instruments is a museum located in Rome, Italy. It opened in 1964 and features over 3,000 instruments from all over the world, ranging from the 9th century to today!
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The Utrechts Conservatorium is a Conservatory located in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Established in 1875, it’s considered the oldest professional musical training institute of in The Netherlands. It serves an average of 4,400 musicians per year.
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De Barthkapel is a cultural center located in The Hague, The Netherlands. It was originally built in the early 18th century as a convent for sisters in the area but is now a performance and community space.
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Basel Leymen is a late 18th century parish a located in a commune in Leymen , France. It features a tower that is considered the highest point in the area.
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Trinity United Methodist Church is Methodist Church located in Wilmette, Illinois. It was built in 1874 and features a 3 manual Reuter Pipe Organ
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St. Konrad is a post WWII era church located in Mannheim, Germany. It was obviously built in 1961 and features a very quirky design that also allows for superb acoustics. I couldn’t find information on their pipe organ but I am hoping to hear back from someone affiliated with the church
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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house located in Bologna, Italy. It opened in 1763 and was the first major opera house in the world to be constructed with public funds and owned by the municipality. It can seat 1,034 and is considered to be the center of the cultural life of Bologna, Italy.
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The Battersea Arts Centre is a performing arts venue located in London, England. It originally opened in 1891 as the administrative center and was converted into a performance & community space in 1979. After being damaged by a 2015 fire, it’s been renovated and restored to most of its former glory. Seating approx. 640 people, it features an interior known for beautiful mosaics and intricate ceiling design. Also, it’s home to the largest surviving Hope-Jones Pipe Organ in the world😍
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St. Stanislas De Kostka Eglise AKA Église Saint-Stanislas de Kostka is a Neo-Romanesque Revival style Catholic Church located in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It was built in 1910 and is known for its massive nearly 6500 sq ft size and beautifully appointed interior. It features a fully restored 1920 Casavant Frères Pipe Organ complete with 56 registers and 47 ranks😍
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Marquês de Pombal Palace AKA Palace of the Marquis of Pombal is a Baroque and Rococo-style castle in Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Portugal. It was built in the late 18th century and is known for it’s well appointed gardens and beautiful interior.
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Ettlingen Palace is a Baroque style palace loaceted in Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was built in the mid-13th century and has been rebuilt a few times due to various wars over the years (Palatine war of succession, WWI, etc.) It features some of the few surviving frescos by German, Baroque era, painter and architect Cosmas Damian Asam. It’s now home to a local museum and is often used as a performance venue.
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Nakano Sanpuraza AKA Nakano Sunplaza was a performance hall and hotel located in Nakano, Tokyo. It opened in 1973 and could seat 2,222. Its unique architecture made it a popular venue for performance recordings including Sarah Vaughan's 1973 album Live in Japan (https://tinyurl.com/35vev9t3). It closed in 2023 and demolished in 2024💔
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Eastminister United Church AKA East End United church is a Gothic Revival-style United Church of Canada church located in Toronto, Canada, It was built in 1923 and in 2022 it was officially designated as a Heritage status landmark for the City of Toronto. It features a 3-manual Pipe Organ at the altar!
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Pierre Boulez Saal (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112668573603667511) and The Royal Albert Hall (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111995050941041338) return to #BaroqueSun

Chiesa di San Rufo AKA Saint Rufo Church is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic Church located in Rieti Italy. It’s estimated to have been built around the mid-1750s and is rumored to be thee geographic center of Italy. Its ornate interior features a 4 manual pipe organ and works of art by infamous murderous jerk and painter Caravaggio.d
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The Roman amphitheatre of Italica is a second century Roman-style amphitheater located in Seville, Spain. It’s estimated to have once been able to accommodate an audience of 25,000. It was mostly used for Gladiatorial fights.
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The Concert Studio of Polish National Radio in Katowice, Poland. The 337,000 ft² concert hall has 2 performance spaces that can seat 1,800 and 300, respectively.
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Basililica di Santa Cecilia is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic Church located in Trastevere, Italy that was originally built around the 5th century and later updated in the Baroque-style in 1750s
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Della Scalia is a Roman Catholic Church that is a former monastery located in Moncalieri, Italy.
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The Koussevitzky Music Shed is a contemporary-style open air performance venue located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1938 and can seat over 5,000 indoors with space for an additional approx. 15,000 on the lawn!
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Kloster Eberbach AKA Eberbach Abbey is an EarlyGothic Romanesque-style former Cistercian Catholic Monastery located in Rheingau, Germany. It was established in 1136 as a monastery but is now a performance space and home to a well regarded winery. Some might recognize it from the Sean Connery film “The Name of the Rose” (1985).
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The Villa della Regina is a Baroque- style palace located in Turin, Italy. It was built in the early 1600s for Prince-Cardinal Maurice of Savoy and features many large frescoes, which was the style at the time. It was heavily damaged during WWII but after some renovation it opened to the public for tours and hosting cultural events. In 1997 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory is a musical education conservatory located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was established in 1944 and on average has about 1000 students per year. It’s also home to a Schuke Orgelbau Pipe Organ comprised of 250 pipes. It’s one of the oldest Pipe Organs in Kazakhstan.
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Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is part of The University of Maryland’s School of Music located in College Park, Maryland. It was built in 1990 and can seat 970. It’s known for its uniquely vaulted ceiling.
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Church of St. Luke in the Fields in an Episcopal CHurhc lasted in Greenwich Village, NYC. It was established in 1822 and is the area’s oldest religious meeting place. It features a 27 stop Pipe Organ comprised of 1,670 pipes!
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Anglikanskaya Tserkov' Svyatogo Andreya AKA St. Andrew’s Church is the only Anglican Church located in Moscow, Russia. While Anglican worship was established in the mid 1550s, this Gothic Revival-style church was completed in 1884.
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Ópera real de Versalles AKA The Royal Opera of Versailles AKA Théâtre Gabriel (after its architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel) is the theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles located in Versailles, France. It was completed in 1770 and can accommodate up to 1,200. It’s undergone multiple rounds of renovation, repairs and restorations over the years- most significantly after WWII. It’s considered to be one of the finest 18th century, European opera houses.
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Hospital de los Venerables AKA The Hospital of the Venerable is a Baroque-style church and former residence for priests located in Seville, Spain. It was established in 1675, was briefly a textile factory in the 1840s but remained a residence until the early 1970s. It’s known for its beautiful and intricate ceilings and altars. Also, it features a Gerhard Grenzing Pipe Organ complete with 45 stops and over 3,000 pipes😍
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Les collégiens de Victor-Hugo is school located in Cachan, France. Sorry, i couldn’t’ find much information in english and I have a migraine. I’ll make note to rewrite this when I’m better
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The Croatian Music Institute (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112906365614182762) returns to #BaroqueSun

The Auditorio ICPNA Miraflores is a performance space at the The Peruvian North American Cultural Institute located in Lima, Perú. It can seat an intimate 150 people and was originally built in 1938.
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Returning to #BaroqueSun is The Concert Studio of Polish National Radio (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/115046846481900985) and The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)

The Juilliard School is a private performing arts conservatory in NYC. It was established in 1905 and averages a little over 1,000 full time students and hosts over 700 performances yearly!
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Théâtre du Capitole AKA The Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse is a Neoclassical style opera house located in Toulouse, France. It was established in the 1730s and has been rebuilt/renovated several times over the years due to damage sustained from fires and WWI & WWII. It currently can seat 1,150. the ceiling features a mural by French post-impressionist artist Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin. Sadly, it does not have a pipe organ💔
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The Oslo Concert Hall (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112153328499099768) and The Royal Opera of Versailles (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/115245164377230441) return to #BaroqueSun

Bazylika archikatedralna św. Jana Chrzciciela AKA Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist AKA St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw is a Brick Gothic-style Catholic Cathedral located in Warsaw, Poland. It’s as establish in the late 14th century and served as the site of a failed assassination of the King of Poland in the 1620s! It has been rebuilt numerous times due to damage from fires, and both WWI & WWII. It features a three manual Eule Pipe Organ complete with 4,301 pipes!
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Bovenkerk, Kampen is a Gothic-style Reform Catholic church located in Kampen, The Netherlands It was established in 1250 and can seat over 1,000 people! It features a massive and exquisite 4 manual Hinsz Pipe Organ from the 1740s, complete with 2,875 pipes and 45 stops!
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Reichsabtei Ottobeuren AKA Ottobeuren Abbey is a Late Baroque-style Benedictine abbey, located in Ottobeuren, Germany. It was established around 764 CE. It’s known both for its size and immaculate Rococo interior. It features a 1766 Riepp DOUBLE Pipe Organ with 100 stops, 5 manuals and around 4,000 pipes😍
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