Castle Theater in Český Krumlov
The Český Krumlov Castle Theater is a baroque theater with original stage machinery and backdrops. It is located in the fifth courtyard of the Český Krumlov Castle , where it can be viewed with its original furnishings and furnishings. In 1989 the baroque theater equipment was declared a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic .
history
From 1675, the Princely Eggenberg Court Comedians, a permanent ensemble of actors in the service of Johann Christian von Eggenberg (1641–1710). On May 1, 1676, Johann Georg Gettner (1641–1696) and Johann Carl Samenhammer (1648–1728) were appointed artistic directors of the Princely Eggenberg Court Comedians. On behalf of the prince, who was a great art lover and patron , the theater was built in its current form from 1680 to 1682 as a permanent venue for the court comedians.
repertoire
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the repertoire of the Český Krumlov stage was made up of texts from various origins and reception phases: there were remnants of imports from English comedians, including Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Lier, as well as prose translations of top titles from Dutch and, above all, Italian dramatic literature (several by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (1606-1651)). But also arrangements of Italian opera libretti, which the prince welcomed as a reflection of the Venetian music scene. Due to the plague and the danger of the Turks there was a migration of the outpatient stage management. The Český Krumlov theater was cut off from professional text distribution for a long time and developed a certain archaism in the repertoire.
Baroque stage
The palace theater includes one of the two original baroque theaters around the world, whose stage machinery is fully functional. The entire stage mechanism is made of wood and requires a total of 35 people to operate it. Without interrupting the game, new scenes can be created from a pool of 17 sets, such as a pillared hall, military camp, garden, city, dungeon or jungle by inserting backdrops . Originally preserved are 11 brochures , 40 festivals and 250 backdrops as well as 50 effect machines and over 200 lighting fixtures. The construction is supplemented by walkways, lacing and lower stage with a complete set of machinery with movable frames, hoisting winches, rollers, rope guides and a sliding ramp. The stage floor is still the same as it was originally, which contains slidable and hinged panels and four recesses.
Additional information
Today there are performances as part of an annual baroque festival in June (with very limited space).
In 2014, Christoph Willibald Gluck's Azione teatrale Orfeo ed Euridice was filmed in the premises of the Schlosstheater - on, in front of, behind and under the stage , with Bejun Mehta as Orfeo and Eva Liebau as Euridice. Mehta had also taken on the scientific advice.
Web links
- Virtual tour
- Detailed description in German
- Article on the occasion of an exhibition in the Vienna Theater Museum in 2016
- Recording of the performance of the opera "Dove è amore è gelosia" by Giuseppe Scarlatti in 2011 from the renovated castle theater; Introduction and subtitles in Czech ; this opera was written for the palace theater in the 18th century! - Unfortunately the video is no longer available, but there is a description of it and the circumstances in which it was created: http://www.bva.cz/en/music/latest-events/7-giuseppe-scarlatti-dove-e-amore -e-gelosia /
- The theater in the film Orfeo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Původní vybavení barokního divadla ÚSKP 51798 / 33-3941 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
- ↑ Christian Neuhuber , Jiří Záloha: Johann Georg GETTNER of GODS MOUNTAIN . In: Alena Jakubcová, Matthias J. Pernerstorfer (Ed.): Theater in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7001-6999-4 , p. 216 .
- ^ Adolf Scherl, Bärbel Rudin: Johann Carl SAMENHAMMER . In: Alena Jakubcová, Matthias J. Pernerstorfer (Ed.): Theater in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7001-6999-4 , p. 584 .
- ^ Adolf Scherl, Bärbel Rudin: Johann Carl SAMENHAMMER . In: Alena Jakubcová, Matthias J. Pernerstorfer (Ed.): Theater in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7001-6999-4 , p. 585 .
- ^ TV film Orfeo ed Euridice , adaptation of the opera of the same name by Christoph Willibald Gluck ( Euridice ). Broadcast on July 19, 2014 in 3sat .