Bavarian State Theater
The Bavarian State Theater is the largest spoken theater in Munich . It emerged from the royal court play. Mostly it is equated with the residence theater in common usage and in all publications .
Venues
The following venues are currently part of the Staatsschauspiel: the New Residence Theater , the Cuvilliés Theater (Old Residence Theater) and the Marstall (studio stage).
History and ensemble
The Bavarian State Theater , which emerged from the royal court theater , is one of the most traditional and important spoken theaters in Germany.
Beginnings
As early as the 16th and 17th centuries, actors' troops appeared at the court, including Thomas Sackville's troupe . In the Georgssaal in the new vestibule of the Residenz there were performances by Elector Max II Emanuel, in particular by French court actors. He also signed a contract in Venice with the comedy principal Francesco Calderoni, whose acting company he brought to his residence for the next few years.
In 1740, the painter Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, who also worked as a stage designer under Elector Karl Albrecht, transformed this Georgssaal into a modern box theater, which fell victim to a fire ten years later, resulting in the Residenztheater, which under court director Joseph Anton von Seeau mainly performed operas has been. Nevertheless, under Max III. Joseph was already striving for a "national show stage", Seeau's efforts in this direction were supported financially and personally. In 1775 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing attended the performance of some of his works. Elector Karl Theodor von der Pfalz ruled in Bavaria from the end of 1777. Karl Theodor had fired his French actors that year and founded a German national theater in Mannheim . Under his government, the first standing German theater troupe in Munich moved into the “Electoral Court and National Theater” (as the court theater was called from 1795).
Royal Court and National Theater
With the elevation of Bavaria to a kingdom, the "Royal Court and National Theater" was created in 1806.
In 1831 Ferdinand Raimund performed his works for the first time, and in 1845 Johann Nestroy appeared in several roles. In the middle of the century, spoken theater, which had long been overshadowed by opera, gained in importance. In 1852 the premiere of Hebbel's Agnes Bernauer turned into a scandal. Actresses like Marie Dahn-Hausmann or Lilla von Bulyovsky sometimes played a role at court.
Under Ludwig II there were separate performances for the monarch in the court theater, and Josef Kainz also performed at that time. Klara Ziegler also had an engagement at the court theater. In 1880 the world premiere of Ibsen's new version of Nora or A Puppet's House grew into another scandal.
In 1893 Ernst von Possart became general director and artistic director of the royal court theaters, which marked the beginning of one of the most glamorous periods on this stage. He continued to appear there as an actor and director. Later, Ludwig Thomas pieces were part of the program every year.
State drama
When the revolutionary unrest also gripped Munich at the end of 1918, Viktor Schwanneke was brought back to Munich as interim director of what was now called the Bavarian State Theaters (State Opera and State Theater). The royal court drama had thus become the state drama.
In 1921 the world premiere of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Der Schwierige with Gustl Waldau and Elisabeth Bergner , which remained in the repertoire until 1932.
After the Second World War, the Staatsschauspiel experienced a heyday, especially under the management of Kurt Meisel . This manages to bind a particularly large number of Munich residents to the house. His ensemble includes Walter Schmidinger and Ingmar Bergman , who lived in Munich for a few years, realized a total of ten productions and even premiered " Scenes from a Marriage " as a theater version here in 1981.
In the seasons 2011/2012 to 2018/2019 the Residenztheater was directed by the Austrian Martin Kušej and presented international drama from Shakespeare and Schiller to Ibsen to the present day as well as experimental and open forms such as the theater evenings by Oliver Frljić , Milo Rau or Bernhard Mikeska. During this time directors such as Frank Castorf , David Bösch , Matjea Koležnik, Andreas Kriegenburg , Amélie Niermeyer, Tina Lanik , Anne Lenk and Ulrich Rasche as well as numerous young directors such as Robert Gerloff, Katrin Plötner and Zino Wey worked at the Residenztheater. In-house directors Julia Hölscher, Thom Luz and Nora Schlocker, as well as other well-known directors, including Stefan Bachmann , Claudia Bauer , Sebastian Baumgarten , Michał Borczuch , Joe Hill-Gibbins, Karin Henkel , Schorsch Kamerun , Peter Kastenmüller, Stephan Kimmig , Tilmann Köhler, work at the Residenztheater , Bastian Kraft , Daniela Kranz, Antonio Latella, Miloš Lolić, Ulrich Rasche , Georg Ringsgwandl , Michael Schachermaier, Lydia Steier and Simon Stone .
ensemble
In addition to the Bavarian State Opera , the August Everding / Prinzregententheater Theater Academy and the Gärtnerplatztheater , the Bavarian State Theater is now one of the four Bavarian State Theaters that are located in the capital. The ensemble of over 50 actors and 450 employees is also one of the largest in Germany. It is in competition with the Kammerspiele of the city of Munich, which are also among the most important spoken theaters in the German-speaking area.
Many famous actors belong to the ensemble of the Residenztheater: Liliane Amuat , Benito Bause , Mareike Beykirch, Sibylle Canonica , Carolin Conrad , Valentino Dalle Mura, Massiamy Diaby, Robert Dölle , Elias Eilinghoff, Christian Erdt , Christoph Franken , Pauline Fusban, Vincent Glander , Michael Goldberg , Evelyne Gugolz, Franziska Hackl , Pia Händler, Steffen Höld , Barbara Horvath , Florian Jahr , Camill Jammal , Katja Jung , Sophie von Kessel , Nicola Kirsch , Juliane Köhler , Thomas Lettow, Florian von Manteuffel, Aurel Manthei , Nicola Mastroberardino , Max Mayer , Barbara Melzl , Niklas Mitteregger, Antonia Münchow , Oliver Nägele , Johannes Nussbaum , Thomas Reisinger , Max Rothbart, Lukas Rüppel, Noah Saavedra , Hanna Scheibe , Myriam Schröder, Charlotte Schwab , Lisa Stiegler, Oliver Stokowski , Cathrin Störmer , Thiemo Strutzenberger , Yodit Tarikwa, Luana Velis, Michael Wächter, Ulrike Willenbacher, Simon Zagermann.
Directors (selection)
1833 to 1842 Karl Theodor von Küstner , 1851 to 1857 Franz von Dingelstedt , 1894 to 1905 Ernst von Possart , 1938 to 1945 Alexander Golling , 1945 to 1948 Paul Verhoeven , 1948 to 1953 Alois Johannes Lippl , 1953 to 1958 Kurt Horwitz , 1958 to 1972 Helmut Henrichs , 1972 to 1983 Kurt Meisel , 1983 to 1986 Frank Baumbauer , 1986 to 1993 Günther Beelitz , 1993 to 2001 Eberhard Witt , 2001 to 2011 Dieter Dorn , 2011 to 2019 Martin Kušej .
Andreas Beck has been artistic director since 2019 . The Residenztheater under his artistic direction stands for an ensemble theater that focuses on contemporary drama with world premieres and new poems in addition to maintaining a classical repertoire. Classic materials and texts are questioned from the here and now and experience a new poetry or transfer. The first season of the new directorship opened on October 19, 2019 in the Residenztheater with the world premiere of Ewald Palmetshofer's theatrical text “The Lost”, which was commissioned for the Residenztheater.
Association of Friends of the Bavarian State Theater V.
The association was founded on October 21, 1976 by the then Bavarian state parliament members Jürgen Böddrich (SPD), Roland-Friedrich Messner and Erich Schosser (CSU), the banker Wilhelm Arendts, the publisher Günter Olzog, the actor Karl Lieffen and the then Ministerial Director Lothar Müller founded by the Bavarian Ministry of Culture. The founding chairman was Roland-Friedrich Messner. This was followed by Günter Olzog in 1982, Hermann Clemm in 1990, Reinhard Hinne in 1997, Kurt Baiker in 2006 and Horst Avenarius in 2009 . Stefan Meissner has been chairman since July 2012. At times, the actors Christine Ostermayer and Martin Benrath were on the association's board.
The association supports theater work in particular by sponsoring various projects.
The association awards since 1997 annually in memory of the former director Kurt Meisel currently equipped with 7,500 euros Kurt Meisel Award to recognize great acting and since 1999 on a yearly basis two equipped with currently 2.500 per euro prizes for outstanding artistic achievement at the Bavarian State drama. Between 1983 and 1996, the association awarded an award for outstanding acting.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Das Bayerische Staatsschauspiel , Homepage Residenztheater, accessed October 28, 2018
- ^ Peter Jungblut, Bayerischer Rundfunk: From Basel to Munich: Andreas Beck is the new director at the Bavarian State Theater . December 12, 2017 ( br.de [accessed August 20, 2019]).
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