Lehartheater
The Lehartheater is located in the center of the spa town of Bad Ischl in Upper Austria and was a well-known and popular summer theater from the Biedermeier period to the interwar period.
history
Building history
Because a performance room in the attic of the painter Lukas Krall ( Kralltheater ), which had served as a performance venue since around 1793, no longer seemed up-to-date, the Ischler Kurtheater (Lehártheater since 1940) was opened at the suggestion of Franz Wirer - who provided a plot of land for it built between 1826 and 1827 by the saltworks architect Franz Ferdinand Edangler. In 1865 the theater building was enlarged, in 1882 a separate stairway to the court box was added and in 1904 electrical lighting was installed. The theater had a relatively small stage and an audience area, which consisted of the ground floor, a gallery with boxes and two further galleries with seating and standing room. About 400 spectators could attend the performances.
Repertoire and artist
From 1827 to 1947 there were regular theater and operetta performances in the summer months (mid-June to the end of September). The Ischler Kurorchester initially acted as the orchestra and was only available in bad weather before its own theater orchestra was engaged in 1857. The presence of members of the aristocracy, later of the emperor and his court, exerted a special attraction both on the audience and on the actors, mainly from Vienna theaters (Theater an der Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt, Carl Theater, Deutsches Volkstheater, Burgtheater) out. Artistic greats such as Max Devrient , Johann Nestroy , Alexander Girardi , Josefine Gallmeyer , Hansi Niese , Katharina Schratt , Adele Sandrock , Frank Wedekind , Isadora Duncan , Alexander Moissi , Richard Tauber , later Hans Moser , Karl Valentin , Paula Wessely , Susi Nicoletti and others. a. gave guest appearances in the Lehartheater. Johann Strauss and Franz Lehár worked several times at the conductor's desk . Operas, operettas and cheerful speaking pieces could be presented at a high artistic level. After the First World War, the artists also came from the comedy theater and the Renaissance theater in Vienna, the Linz State Theater and the Budweis Theater. Film screenings have taken place in the house since July 1921.
Directors
Katharina Hain (1827–?), Josef Glöggl (1836), Eduard Kreibig (1836), N. Seidler (1837), Heinrich Börnstein (1837), Katharina Hain (1842–46), Joseph Boulet (1847), Wenzel Bielschitzky ( 1848–50), Gottfried Denemy and Carl Clement (1851–52), Gottfried Denemy (1853–56), August Pütz (1857), Anton Zöllner (1858–59), Josef Maria Kotzky (1860–71), Heinrich Jenke ( 1872–79), Leopold Müller (1880–82), Friedrich Dorn (1883–84), Ignaz Wild (1885–1903), Karl Door (1904), Karl Door and Erich Müller (1905–08), Erich Müller (1909 –11), Ludwig Stark (1912–1916), Josef Jarno (1918, 1921–30), Artur Hohenberg (1931–33), Ignaz Brantner (1934–35, 1941), Rudolf Ott (1942–44), Otto Fritz (1946-47)
Today's appearance
The auditorium with 2 (originally 3) tiers, which has largely retained its original appearance, is now used as a cinema and as an event location for readings, song evenings, concerts, theater, cabaret, etc. The exterior of the house was improved by the demolition of the entrance to the court box in Kaiser-Franz -Josef-Straße next to the Hotel Post and the addition of a sports shop partially changed.
In May 2019, a bust of Helmut Berger made by Alexander Hanel was unveiled at the entrance to the theater on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
plans
A community of owners of several Ischl citizens has been campaigning for the preservation of the Lehartheater for several years and plans to operate a multifunctional cultural center in it after the house has been completely restored (cost estimate 5.5 million euros).
In 2007 a fruitful collaboration began with the Theater in der Josefstadt with its director Herbert Föttinger on the initiative of Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kraus . After chamber evenings in 2007 (with Sandra Cervik , Maria Köstlinger , Marianne Nentwich , Karlheinz Hackl , Otto Schenk and Herbert Föttinger ) and in 2008 (with Elfriede Ott , Andrea Jonasson , Karl Markovics , Fritz Muliar ), " Halpern & Johnson " joined in 2009 Helmuth Lohner and Otto Schenk, directed by Herbert Föttinger, played six times in front of a sold out house. This made it possible to convey the importance of the restoration of the historical theater not only for Bad Ischl, but also far beyond.
literature
- Sandra Leitinger: The summer theater in Bad Ischl. Thesis. Vienna 2001
- Heimatverein Bad Ischl [Hg]: Bad Ischl. Homeland book. Bad Ischl 2004
- Edwin Zellweker : Bad Ischl. Becoming-being-transformation. Vienna-Bad Ischl 1951
- Ischler Wochenrundschau (Ed.): Ischls Chronik. Based on the copy of the original chronicle of the sovereign market in Ischl. Starting from the oldest times up to 1856. Collected and written by Franz Karl von Erb. Ischl 1982.
- Heinrich Prochaska: Ischl's Chronicle. History of the bathing resort of Ischl 1823-1923. Extended new edition. Bad Ischl (Verlag Wimmer), undated
- Josef H. Handlechner, Hannes Heide : Bad Ischl and the Ischlland , Verlag Wigodruck.at, 2008.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ This is how actor Helmut Berger celebrated his 75th birthday . Article dated May 30, 2019, accessed May 31, 2019.
- ↑ Helmut Berger was immortalized in his hometown Bad Ischl . Article dated May 30, 2019, accessed May 31, 2019.
Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 47 ″ N , 13 ° 37 ′ 19 ″ E