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; 335 years ago (1690) (Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt)
1861; 164 years ago (1861) (Staatstheater Braunschweig)
Rebuilt| 1859; 166 years ago (1859), Carl Wolf / Heinrich Ahlburg
1945; 80 years ago (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

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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]

## Gallery

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* Aerial view

* Foyer of "Great House"

* Auditorium of "Great House"

* "Little House"

* Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt

* State Theatre in 1860

## Intendants

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* 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

## References

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

## External links

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* Official website (in German)

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Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz place
* EUTA theatre

Other|

* Yale LUX