Berlin: Theater am Nollendorfplatz

Country: Germany (Deutschland)
State: Berlin
City: Berlin
Location: Schöneberg, Nollendorfplatz 5 / Motzstraße 1-3 / Nollendorfstr. 11-12

Built 1906 as "Neues Schauspielhaus"/"Mozartsaal" by Albert Fröhlich. The complex included a theatre, a concert hall, a restaurant, apartments, and offices. Later renamed "Theater am Nollendorfplatz".

Neues Schauspielhaus: Opened 25 Oct 1906 with Shakespeare's "The Tempest". 1260 seats. Destroyed by bombs in World War II.

Mozartsaal: Concert hall. 1364 seats. Since 1911, used as a cinema. 1928 rebuilding by Georg Leschnitzer. Currently used by the discotheque "Metropol".

Notable world premieres:

  • Eduard Künneke: Die Vielgeliebte (17 Oct 1919)
  • Eduard Künneke: Wenn die Liebe erwacht (3 Sep 1920)
  • Eduard Künneke: Der Vetter aus Dingsda (15 Apr 1921)
  • Nico Dostal: Clivia (23 Dec 1933)

Link: www.metropol-berlin.de

[Berlin: Theater am Nollendorfplatz] Front Text: "Berlin, Neues Schauspielhaus am Nollendorfplatz", inscription: "Mozartsaal - Neues Schauspielhaus", inscription over left entrance arch: "Neues Schauspielhaus"
Size: Classic
Sent: from Berlin to Troppau (= Opava, Czech Republic), 1910


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