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.

Staatstheater Braunschweig
(State Theatre of Brunswick)
Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
"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
http://www.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
  • Foyer of "Great House"
  • Zuschauerraum of "Great House"
  • "Little House"
  • Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
  • State Theatre in 1860

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

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