Cologne Opera runs €120 million over budget

Cologne Opera runs €120 million over budget

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norman lebrecht

December 01, 2015

Things are not adding up on the Rhine.

The Cologne Opera is undergoing a refit. It was supposed to cost €288 million, reopening in 2015. Now the budget is €400-460 million and the new date is 2018.

All being well.

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Comments

  • Max Grimm says:

    NL says: “It was supposed to cost €288 million, reopening in 2015.”

    Not quite, Norman. The initial budget was set at €230 million in 2008 and after the project plans were finalized in 2011 reset to the expected cost of €253 million, with work beginning in July 2012 and the reopening being scheduled for Nov. 2015.
    In October 2014 a cost-overrun of at least 10% was announced and since then has been frequently adjusted upward.

  • RW2013 says:

    They have other problems, which anyone who saw their recent Benvenuto Cellini will know.

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