Staatstheater Braunschweig

Staatstheater Braunschweig
(State Theatre of Brunswick)
Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt

Photo of the main theatre building

"Great House" of Staatstheater with Cimiotti-Brunnen
Address Braunschweig
 Germany
Owner State of Lower Saxony
Designation Listed Kulturdenkmal
Capacity Großes Haus: 954
Kleines Haus: 297
Construction
Opened 1690 (1690) (Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt)
1861 (1861) (Staatstheater Braunschweig)
Rebuilt 1859 (1859), Carl Wolf / Heinrich Ahlburg
1945 (1945)
Architect Carl Wolf / Heinrich Ahlburg
Website
http://www.staatstheater-braunschweig.de/

The Staatstheater Braunschweig is a theatre and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany. Joachim Klement has been the intendant there since 2010.

The Staatstheater comprises musical theatre, modern dance and theatre.

Owner of the Staatstheater Braunschweig is the State of Lower Saxony.

History

The first predecessor of the Staatstheater Braunschweig was the Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt in Braunschweig, founded in 1690 by Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Theatre works such as Emilia Galotti by Lessing and Goethe's Faust had their first opening in Braunschweig.[1]

Gallery

Intendants

  • 1925-29: Prof.Dr.Neubeck
  • 1929-33: Dr. Himmighoffen
  • 1933-34: Oskar Walleck
  • 1934-45: Dr. Alexander Schum
  • 1945-46: Jost Dahmen
  • 1946-47: Heinrich Voigt
  • 1947-51: Walter Bruno Iltz
  • 1951-61: Hermann Kühn
  • 1961-63: Erich Kriebig
  • 1964-67: Helmuth Matiasek
  • 1967-68: Hermann Kühn
  • 1968-72: Hans Peter Doll
  • 1972-79: Chritoph Groszer
  • 1979-91: Mario Krüger
  • 1991-93: Hans Peter Doll
  • 1993-94: Jürgen Flügge
  • 1997-2010: Wolfgang Gropper
  • since 2010 Joachim Klement

References

  1. ↑ Camerer; Garzmann; Pingel; Schuegraf (1996). Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). p. 215.

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Coordinates: 52°15′57″N 10°31′54″E / 52.26583°N 10.53167°E / 52.26583; 10.53167

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