Reinventing tradition: Alumni find new opportunity in an old art form

Atlanta’s first home for opera — the five-story Kimball Opera House — was built circa 1865 on the southwest corner of Marietta and Forsyth streets, just steps from what would eventually become Georgia State’s bustling downtown campus. But the Reconstruction period proved a difficult time for its proprietors to bring in touring companies and to keep the seats filled, so in 1868, the building was sold at a loss. Its next life was as the state capitol from 1869 to 1889.
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