 | Gera: Stadttheater |
Country: Germany (Deutschland) State: Thüringen City: Gera Location: Küchengartenallee 2 Built 1900-1902 as "Fürstliches Hoftheater" by Heinrich Seeling for Erbprinz Heinrich XXVII. Reuß j. L., funded by lottery funds and donations by the ducal family, at the site of a previous theatre building (built in the 1820s, rebuilt 1870-1871, demolished ca. 1900). The complex includes a theatre (670 seats) and a concert hall (960 seats). Opened 18 Oct 1902 with Wagner's ouverture to "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Goethe's "Iphigenie auf Tauris" (Act IV), Lessing's "Minna von Barnhelm" (Act II), and Schiller's "Wallenstein's Lager". 1918 renamed "Reußisches Theater". 1922 extension by a storage building. Closed 1944, re-opened Sep 1945 as "Stadttheater". Stagehouse damaged by a fire in 1963, subsequently rebuilt and modernized. 1977 installation of a new organ in the concert hall. Ca.. 1992 restoration of the concert hall. 2005-2007 major exterior and interior restoration, and extension by a studio and rehearsal stage.
Used as one of the two main venues of the "Theater Altenburg Gera" opera and drama companies (see also: Altenburg: Landestheater). Link: www-theater-altenburg-gera.de Notable world premieres:
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Front Text: "Gruss aus Gera - Fürstl. Theater - Fürstl. Sparkasse"Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: within Gera, 1907 |
Front Text: "Gera, Reuss - Fürstliches Theater"Publisher: Aufnahme von A. Lutz, Hofphotograph; Br. Kr. 150 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Gera, Neues Fürstl. Theater"Publisher: J. B. D.; 122 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: to Greitz [stamp and postmark removed] |
Front Text: "Gera, Fürstl. Theater"Publisher: Heliokolorkarte von Ottmar Zieher, München; SFSU Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Gera to Olbernhau, 1921 |
Front Text: "Fürstl. Theater Gera R."Publisher: Kunstanstalt G. F. Wiedemann, Hofl., Roda S. A.; No. 1300 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Gera to Olbernhau, 1921 |
Front Text: "Unser schönes Reußisches Theater kann man gar nicht oft genug besuchen!" [You cannot visit our beautiful Reußisches Theater often enough!]Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: from Berga to Langenhessen, 1939 |
Reverse Text: "Theater"Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 12 Apr 1987 Publisher: Bild und Heimat, Reichenbach (Vogtl.); III/26/13 A1/310/81 370310 So 582/4 Size: Modern Not sent. |