Staatstheater Braunschweig

State Theatre of Brunswick

Staatstheater Braunschweig
Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
"Great House" of Staatstheater with Cimiotti Fountain
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
staatstheater-braunschweig.de

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.

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.

Gallery

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  Aerial view
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  Foyer of "Great House"
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  Auditorium of "Great House"
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  "Little House"
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  Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
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  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

External links

• Official website (in German)