Graz Orpheum

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Graz Orpheum, 2005
Graz Orpheum, 2009

The Graz Orpheum in the Lend district is historically one of the oldest event locations in Graz; It is housed in the building that replaced the Graz Varieté from 1899–1936 and next to the Schloßbergbühne casemates and the Dom im Berg , part of the Grazer Spielstätten GmbH founded in 2008 .

history

The Graz Orpheum was built in 1950 on the site of the Graz Varieté Orpheum , which was active from 1899 to 1936 and which was bombed in the Second World War , in order to create a new cabaret. Due to the lack of success, these plans were discarded and the building was incorporated into a large Graz cinema chain. In the 1960s and 1970s it was thematically redesigned into what is also called a “House of Youth”. Since the early 1990s, the Orpheum has been subordinate to the cultural office of the city of Graz.

The Orpheum with its two halls offers a very varied program of rock, pop and jazz concerts, cabaret and children's theater. Exhibitions complete the range of events.

The Orpheum in Graz is considered to be the 'birthplace' of Circus Roncalli . On October 8, 1975, Bernhard Paul and André Heller announced their joint project with a number of artists from or in front of a circus wagon parked on the Orpheum forecourt.

Event series

  • Newcomer , the biggest band competition in southern Austria; since 1970 - not held annually
  • Let's spend the night together - a pre-Christmas donation gala with surprise guests - not held annually
  • Monday - the weekly improv show of the Theater im Bahnhof
  • Graz Puppet Theater - every Tuesday
  • Do PoP - The Thursday PoP series at Orpheum Extra, in cooperation with the Kultlabor association - takes place in autumn and spring
  • Children's and youth stage Graz, annually in autumn (premiere) and spring (resumption) with fairy tale productions in the Orpheum
  • since 2014/15 - premiere party or season start festival (2015/16) in autumn with various bands as a kick-off festival
  • In planning: Blues Festival in Orpheum Extra (from January 2016)

literature

  • Rezka Theresia Kanzian: The Graz Varieté Orpheum (1899–1936). Folk culture and entertainment . Thesis. University of Graz, Graz 1994, OBV .
  • Amélie Sztatecsny, Friedrich Bouvier (contributions): The art monuments of the city of Graz. The secular buildings of the 4th and 5th district (Lend and Gries) . Austrian Art Topography, Volume 46.Schroll, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-7031-0591-7 .
  • Gerhard Michael Dienes, Johanna Flitsch (Red.): The Lendplatz. History and everyday life . Verlag Grazer Stadtmuseum, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-9007-6418-2 .
  • Rezka Theresia Kanzian: "... out of your senses". The Orpheum Variety Theater in Graz . (Exhibition on 100 years of Orpheum Graz, exhibition documentation). Stadtmuseum Graz, Graz 1999, ISBN 3-900764-23-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Tschida: Landlord with emphasis . In: kleinezeitung.at , July 1, 2010, accessed on July 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ Seating Plans Orpheum . In: spielstaetten.at , accessed on May 16, 2011.
  3. ^ Paul Kaufmann (Ed.): 20 years of Styrian autumn . A documentation (1968–1987) . Zsolnay-Verlag, Vienna (among others) 1988, ISBN 3-552-81988-6 , p. 297.
  4. ↑ Paul Kaufmann (ed.), Peter Philipp (photo): 10 years of Steirischer Herbst (1968–1977). A balance sheet . Mundus-Verlag, Vienna 1977, ISBN 3-85190-101-0 , p. 181.
  5. ↑ Andrea Stanitznig: The return of Roncalli . In: kleinezeitung.at , October 10, 2009, accessed on July 16, 2010.

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to Gerhard M. Dienes: Der Lendplatz , p. 67 (there reference to: Amélie Sztatecsny: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Graz , p. 378 f.) Housed the Varieté-Orpheum building, damaged by bombs , from 1948 to 1971 Cinema, which has been converted into the “House of Youth” .

Web links

Commons : Orpheum, Graz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 20 "  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 48.3"  E