European Route of Historic Theaters

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The European route Historic Theater (English: European Route of Historic Theaters (ERHT) ) is a network of significant historical, worthy of preservation theaters in Europe. The route was set up by the members of the organization "Perspectiv - Society of European Historical Theaters", which was founded in October 2003 with the aim of preserving the cultural heritage of historical theaters in Europe. The route was initially called " Europastraße " in German . In the meantime, however, the term “European route” is mainly used. The route connects cities with a total of 120 (as of 2017) important historical theaters from the period between the 16th and 19th centuries. Each route connects 9 to 12 cities with great theater traditions.

On a map of Europe, the association tries to connect the locations of the subsidized theaters by means of a serpentine line that can be thought of as a “road”. This is divided into twelve "routes" with connections, namely the Iberian route , the French route , the English Channel route , the German route , the Nordic Route , the Baltic route , the Black Sea route , which AdriaROUTE , the Kaiser route , the Alpine Route , the Northern Italian Route and the Grand Tour Route. The proposed course starts in Lisbon ( Portugal ). It leads via Spain , France , England , Wales , Ireland , Northern Ireland , Scotland , again England, the Netherlands , Belgium , Germany , Sweden , Denmark , Norway , again Sweden, Finland , Poland , Lithuania , Latvia , to Estonia . The theoretically possible route through Russia and Belarus does not belong to the ERHT. The second major section of the ERHT leads through Ukraine , Moldova , Romania , Bulgaria , Greece , Albania , Montenegro , Serbia , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Croatia , Slovenia , Austria , Hungary , Slovakia , again Austria, the Czech Republic , again Germany, Switzerland and Italy to Malta . The cultural traveler can (except from Lisbon or Malta) go further from the respective start or end point of an individual route directly to a subsequent route if he wants (except from the Baltic to the Black Sea route or vice versa). The registered office of the non-profit association is Berlin .

The “European Route of Historic Theaters” is not one of the Council of Europe's cultural routes .

history

In 2003 the "Society of European Historic Theaters (PERSPECTIV)" was founded. The company has set itself the task of bringing historic theaters worth seeing and preserving closer to an interested public. This is also the purpose of the “Europastrasse Historical Theater”.

Originally, the entire route should consist of five partial routes, which should be ready by 2009, namely the "Germany Route" (from 2007), the "Nordic Route" (from 2008), the "Canal Route" (from 2008), the "Italy Route" (from 2009) and the "Kaiser Route" (from 2009).

Routes

English Channel Route

The Théâtre du Château de Chimay
The Royal Opera House illustration from 1808
  • Chimay ( Belgium ) - Théâtre du château , built from 1861 to 1863 by the French architect and set designer Charles-Antoine Cambon (1802–1875) based on the model of the first palace theater in Fontainebleau .
  • Ghent (Belgium) - Opera , luxury opera house inaugurated in 1840, financed by industrialists.
  • Brussels (Belgium) - Théâtre Royal du Parc , built in 1782 to complement a Vauxhall , a pleasure garden with an open-air café based on the English model on the edge of a park. The architect was Louis Montoyer .
  • Leiden ( Netherlands ) - Schouwburg , Holland's first public theater , built in 1705 by actor Jacob van Rijndorp, expanded in 1865 by architect Jan Willem Schaap.
  • Bury St Edmunds ( England ) - Theater Royal , Regency- style neoclassical theater built in 1819 by architect William Wilkins .
  • London (England) - The Royal Theater , which has existed since 1732 and is now the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and the Theater Royal Drury Lane ; the Royal Theater in Covent Garden became the Opera House in 1848; the building dates from 1858; Royal Drury Lane opened in 1663, the current theater dates from 1812 and the auditorium from 1922.
  • Craig-y-Nos ( Wales ) - Adelina Patti Theater , the soprano Adelina Patti had her private theater built in 1891 by the architects Bucknall & Jennings.
  • Nottingham (England) - The Malt Cross , historic theater and music hall, now a café / bar with cultural events.
  • Richmond (England) - Georgian Theater Royal , municipal theater and theater museum, opened in 1788, closed in 1848 and reopened in 1963, best-preserved theater from Georgian times.

Germany route

Stage of the Ekhof theater
Meiningen theater museum , winter fairy tale set design

The Germany route was opened in November 2007 by the then tourism commissioner of the federal government Ernst Hinsken ( CSU ) and the president of Perspectiv.

Nordic route

Salon and stage in " Confidensen ", 2011.

The Nordic route was opened in spring 2008.

Kaiser route

Graz Opera House , spectator galleries

Alpine route

Northern Italian route

Teatro Farneses auditorium
  • Vicenza - Teatro Olimpico , built from 1580 to 1585 , first roofed theater of modern times in Europe, architect: Andrea Palladio .
  • Sabbioneta - the first free-standing theater of modern times, Teatro Olimpico , built from 1588 to 1590 by the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi based on the model of the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza.
  • Parma - Teatro Farnese at the Palazzo della Pilotta, built in 1617/1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti .
  • Mantua - scientific theater Teatro Scientifico , was built from 1767 to 1769 for the Accademia degli Invaghiti according to plans by Antonio Galli da Bibiena .
  • Carpi - City Theater , typically Italian box theater built in 1861.
  • Bologna - Municipal Theater , was opened on May 14, 1763 according to the modified original plans of the architect Antonio Galli da Bibiena .
  • Bologna - Theater of the Villa Aldrovandi Mazzacorati , originally preserved small theater in a villa, opened on September 24th 1763.
  • San Giovanni in Persiceto - municipal theater , a hall set up as a theater in 1626, converted into a theater with boxes in 1659, auditorium replaced in 1790 by the architect Giuseppe Tubertini.
  • Faenza - Masini Municipal Theater , in a courtyard of the Piazza del Popolo, built in 1788 by the architect Giuseppe Pistocchi.
  • Cesena - Bonci Theater , neoclassical building built between 1843 and 1846 according to plans by the architect Vincenzo Ghinelli.

financing

In the funding period 2007–2013, the cultural route was 50% co-financed with € 1,236,000 from the “CULTURE” program of the European Union . With the expansion of the “road” to the planned number of twelve routes in March 2017, the funding from the EU expired as planned. The original plan was to support the project with a total of € 400,000 over a period of two years.

Work of the sponsoring association 2012–2017

According to the conditions under which the EU had promised the association "Perspectiv" funding, it tackled the following tasks:

  • By 2017, all of the historical theaters that were still preserved throughout Europe were researched and presented for the first time in the form of a freely accessible online database.
  • The “best preserved and most interesting theater buildings from each era” were selected and connected to a continuous touristic cultural route that should lead through all of Europe; this European route consists of 12 partial routes, each with 10 to 12 theaters; A new route was opened approximately every six months.
  • The Europastraße was advertised in many countries with leaflets, press work, etc.
  • A traveling exhibition was created that presented the theaters in context, under the title: "The history of Europe - told by its theaters"; it was opened on February 9, 2015 in Warsaw and was also presented at other locations along the route.
  • The cooperation between the partners and the approximately 120 theaters in over 30 countries has been expanded, especially in the form of regular route meetings and an annual conference with representatives from all theaters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. v. a. [1]
  2. ↑ "PERSPECTIV - Society of Historic Theaters of Europe" eV: Statute, § 1 (3) . 2015
  3. ↑ ERHT: The European Route of Historic Theaters
  4. ^ Theatertreffen on Rügen: Europastraße historical theaters is being expanded . East Hesse News . April 3, 2012
  5. ↑ German route of the Europastraße historical theater opened - Routes along the roots . Nachtkritik.de . November 17, 2007
  6. ↑ Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes Nymphenburg Palace: The Germany Route . Flyer 2016
  7. ↑ German route of the Europastraße historical theater opened - Routes along the roots . Nachtkritik.de . November 17, 2007
  8. ^ Foundation Theater and Orchestra Biel Solothurn TOBS: The Alpine Route . Flyer
  9. ^ Creative Europe Desk: Europastraße Historical Theaters . October 8, 2014
  10. ^ "Europastraße Historical Theater" opened . Neue Musikzeitung (nmz) . November 15, 2007
  11. ↑ Perspectiv: The European Route 2012-2017 project  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.perspectiv-online.org