Staatstheater Braunschweig


The Staatstheater Braunschweig is a theatre company and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (opera, operetta, musical), Tanztheater, theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences and concerts.

State Theatre of Brunswick
Staatstheater Braunschweig
Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
Photo of the main theatre building
"Great House" of Staatstheater with Cimiotti Fountain
AddressBraunschweig
Germany
OwnerState of Lower Saxony
DesignationListed Kulturdenkmal
CapacityGroßes Haus: 954
Kleines Haus: 297
Construction
Opened1690 (1690) (Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt)
1861 (1861) (Staatstheater Braunschweig)
Rebuilt1859 (1859), Carl Wolf / Heinrich Ahlburg
1945 (1945)
ArchitectCarl Wolf / Heinrich Ahlburg
Website
staatstheater-braunschweig.de

The Staatstheater Braunschweig is owned by the State of Lower Saxony.

History

The earliest incarnation 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 openings in Braunschweig.[1]

  • Aerial view
    Aerial view
  • Foyer of "Great House"
    Foyer of "Great House"
  • Auditorium of "Great House"
    Auditorium of "Great House"
  • "Little House"
    "Little House"
  • Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
    Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
  • State Theatre in 1860
    State Theatre in 1860

Intendants
  • 1925–29: Ludwig Neubeck
  • 1929–33: Thur Himmighoffen
  • 1933–34: Oskar Walleck
  • 1934–45: 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
  • 1995–97: Executive directors: Brigitte Fassbaender, Philippe Auguin, Tatjana Rese
  • 1997–2010: Wolfgang Gropper
  • 2010–2017: Joachim Klement
  • 2017–present: Dagmar Schlingmann

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

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