Staatstheater Darmstadt
Theatre and opera house in Darmstadt, Germany
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Type | Theatre |
Location | Darmstadt , Hesse, Germany |
Address | Georg-Büchner-Platz 1 |
Coordinates | 49°52′06″N 08°38′56″E / 49.86833°N 8.64889°E / 49.86833; 8.64889 |
Opened | 1972 ( 1972 ) |
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Architect(s) | Rolf Prange |
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The Staatstheater Darmstadt (Darmstadt State Theatre) is a theatre company and building in Darmstadt , Hesse, Germany, presenting opera, ballet, plays and concerts. It is funded by the state of Hesse and the city of Darmstadt. Its history began in 1711 with a court theatre building. From 1919 it was run as Landestheater Darmstadt . The present theatre was opened in 1972 when the company was named Staatstheater.
History
The theatre dates back more than 300 years. It was originally a court theatre at the residence of the county Darmstadt . At a request by Elisabeth Dorothea von Hessen-Darmstadt [ de ] a first theatre building in Darmstadt was opened in 1711 with Christoph Graupner 's opera Telemach .
Großherzogliches Hoftheater Karolinenplatz
About a century later, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse , built a court theatre open to the citizens. The architect Georg Moller built a theatre with 2000 seats and advanced stage machinery, opened in 1819. It burnt down in 1871 and was restored in seven years. [1]
Landestheater Karolinenplatz
In 1919 the theatre became a Landestheater . The former building was made the small stage ( Kleines Haus ). Director Gustav Hartung [ de ] (1920–1924 and 1931–1933) made the theatre famous for premieres of contemporary authors. He was forced to flee by the Nazis. Actress Lilli Palmer , then 20 years old, emigrated to Paris. Both halls of the theatre were destroyed by bombs in the night 11 to 12 September 1944. After the war a provisional stage was found in the Orangerie , where the company played for almost three decades. It was known for plays during the times of directors Rudolf Sellner (1951–1961) and Gerhard F. Hering [ de ] (1961–1971). [1] The play Männersache by Franz Xaver Kroetz premiered in 1972. [2] In 1966 Maciej Łukaszczyk arrived and worked as a Répétiteur at the Landestheater Darmstadt. In 1970 he founded the Chopin Organisation.
Staatstheater Georg-Büchner-Platz
Reinhard Febel 's opera Morels Erfindung premiered on 6 November 1994. [3] Jan Müller-Wieland 's chamber opera in one act Die Nachtigall und die Rose was first performed in 1996, [4] Die Versicherung after a play by Peter Weiss in 1999. [5]
Building
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The present building was opened in 1972, when the theatre was named Staatstheater. [1] The theatre is funded by the state of Hesse and the city of Darmstadt . [6] The building was designed by the Darmstadt architect Rolf Prange [7] [8] who had won a national competition in 1963. [9] The great hall ( Großes Haus ) seats 956 people, the small hall ( Kleines Haus ), mostly for plays and dance, 482. [10] A chamber theatre ( Kammerspiele ) seats 120. The Großes Haus was opened on 6 October 1972 with Beethoven's Fidelio , [11] the Kleines Haus a day later with Gaston Salvatore 's Büchners Tod . [1] [12]
From 2002 to 2006 the building was restored, with new technical and safety features. [13] [14] It was reopened with Leoš Janáček 's Schicksal and Lélio oder die Rückkehr ins Leben by Hector Berlioz on 22 September 2006, and a day later Schiller's Don Karlos . [1]
Artistic leadership
John Dew has been director of the theatre from 2004 till 2014. [15] Since 2014 the intendant is Karsten Wiegand. [16] Music director since 2018 is Daniel Cohen , opera director is Kirsten Uttendorf [ de ] . [17]
Honorary members
Source: [18]
- Karl Böhm , general music director (1927–1931)
- Harro Dicks [ de ] , opera director (16 August 1951 – 31 October 1976)
- Hans Drewanz , general music director (16 August 1963 – 31 December 1994)
- Gerhard F. Hering [ de ] , Intendant (1961–1971)
- George Maran , tenor (16 August 1956 – 30 November 1995)
- Manfred Michel, director (16 August 1970 – 31 March 1994)
- Gustav Rudolf Sellner , Intendant (1951–1961)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Geschichte" (in German). Staatstheater Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013 . Retrieved 30 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Franz Xaver Kroetz Dramatik" (in German). Franz Xaver Kroetz . Retrieved 1 August 2013 .
- ↑ Roelcke, Eckhard (11 November 1994). "Die softmoderne Zeitmaschine" (in German). Die Zeit . Retrieved 1 August 2013 .
- ↑ "Und wieder war es die Nachtigall Die Uraufführung von Jan Müller-Wielands Kammeroper am Staatstheater Darmstadt" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . 22 December 1996 . Retrieved 1 August 2013 .
- ↑ "Ein Opern-Schock für Darmstadt" (in German). egotrip.de . Retrieved 1 August 2013 .
- ↑ "Hessens Theaterlandschaft" . wissenschaft. hessen.de (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- ↑ "Prange" . Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS) (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- ↑ Schlegl, Annette (30 September 2022). "Ein Haus der Superlative in Darmstadt wird 50" . Frankfurter Rundschau (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- ↑ "Eröffnung des Staatstheaters Darmstadt, 6. Oktober 1972" . Zeitgeschichte in Hessen (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- ↑ Darmstadt, Wissenschaftsstadt. "Theater: Darmstadt" . Home (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- ↑ "Staatstheater Darmstadt" . 50 Jahre Staatstheater Darmstadt (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- ↑ Eckert, Nora (16 December 2020). "Über Gaston Salvatores Schauspiel Büchners Tod. Rückblick auf ein 68er Missverständnis". 2016–2019 . De Gruyter. pp. 101–134. doi : 10.1515/9783110695830-005 . ISBN 978-3-11-069583-0 . S2CID 240920888 .
- ↑ "Portalbau komplettiert die alte Bausubstanz" (in German). baunetzwissen.de . Retrieved 30 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Staatstheater Darmstadt" (in German). Hessisches Baumanagement . Retrieved 30 July 2013 .
- ↑ "John Dew – Ensemble" . Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (in German). 10 January 2023 . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- ↑ "Theaterleitung | Staatstheater Darmstadt" . staatstheater-darmstadt.de (in German). Archived from the original on 9 August 2020 . Retrieved 9 August 2020 .
- ↑ "Musiktheater | Staatstheater Darmstadt" . staatstheater-darmstadt.de (in German). Archived from the original on 9 August 2020 . Retrieved 9 August 2020 .
- ↑ "Ehrenmitglieder" . Staatstheater Darmstadt (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
Further reading
- "Staatstheater Darmstadt" . Stadtlexikon Darmstadt (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- Zeitung, Süddeutsche (30 December 2021). "Ermittlungen wegen Betrugsverdacht an Staatstheater" . Süddeutsche.de (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
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Staatstheater Darmstadt; Aumüller, Barbara (2011).
Staatstheater Darmstadt 300 Jahre Theatertradition
; 1711 – 2011
(in German). Darmstadt.
ISBN
978-3-939855-21-7
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OCLC
723430429
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) - Kaiser, Hermann; Staatstheater Darmstadt (1972). 300 Jahre Darmstädter Theater in Berichten von Augenzeugen von der Landgräfin Elisabeth Dorothea bis Georg Hensel (in German). Darmstadt: Roether. OCLC 1270329902 .
External links
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- Official website
- "Home" . Hessisches Staatsballett (in German). 20 August 2019 . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
- Staatstheater Darmstadt theoperacritic.com
- Staatstheater Darmstadt klassik-heute.com (in German)
- "Freunde des Staatstheaters Darmstadt" . Freunde des Staatstheaters (in German) . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
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