State Theater Cottbus
The Cottbus State Theater is the only state theater in Brandenburg . The four-part theater in Cottbus offers performances by its own ensembles for drama, music theater ( opera , operetta , musical ), orchestra and ballet . In 2013 it recorded a total of over 130,000 visitors.
history
The Cottbus Theater owes its construction to the wishes of its citizens. A flourishing textile industry had strengthened the economic and political position of the Cottbus bourgeoisie at the turn of the century and now aroused more cultural needs. The position achieved should be confidently represented with a new theater building. The city council decided on November 1, 1905 to build a new city theater with a cost estimate of 800,000 marks and announced an architecture competition. The contract was awarded Bernhard Sehring , who in 1896 with his theater " Theater of the West " in Berlin a sensation excited and lively discussions had triggered.
The theater building in Cottbus - a building of secessionist Art Nouveau - is Sehring's most mature architectural achievement. Here he skilfully interwoven architecture, handicrafts, painting and sculpture.
After only 16 months of construction, the theater was opened on October 1, 1908 with Lessing's play Minna von Barnhelm . The operetta was particularly popular with the locals, and acting had a hard time. In the absence of an own opera ensemble, the first director Max Berg-Ehlert established the “monthly opera”, at the end of the season only opera was played for a whole month - exclusively with guests from larger houses. It was not until 1912 that there was an in-house orchestra and a permanent opera ensemble on the initiative of the new theater director Otto Maurenbrecher .
Picture gallery
State Theater Cottbus, aerial view
View from the East (2012)
Detail on the west facade (2017)
Exterior view (1986)
Interior (1986)
Honor box (1986)
Cottbus citizens prevented the building, which had also served as an ammunition store during the war, from being blown up. An elaborate six-year reconstruction in the 1980s repaired damage that had occurred over time. Technical innovations were architecturally and sensitively incorporated. In October 1986 the house was ceremoniously reopened.
In 1992 the Cottbus city theater became the property of the state and thus became the only state theater in the state of Brandenburg . In 1993 Christoph Schroth took over the management, which he held until 2003. This was followed by the Martin Schüler era as artistic director. A varied theater and concert schedule was offered in several venues (including the chamber stage). The State Theater Cottbus has also made a name for itself nationwide with the productions of music theater and drama. After General Director Martin Schüler resigned in 2018 after disputes about his General Music Director Evan Christ , René Serge Mund was elected interim director in July 2018 . On April 17, 2019, Stephan Märki was elected by the Board of Trustees of the Brandenburg Cultural Foundation Cottbus-Frankfurt (Oder) as the future artistic director and opera director at the Cottbus State Theater. He will take up office in the 2020/21 season. As part of a realignment of the State Theater, the dramaturge Ruth Heynen will succeed Jo Fabian as the new theater director.
Awards
The Max Grünebaum Foundation annually honors "young, outstanding artists" and employees of the Cottbus State Theater:
- 1997: Oliver Breite (drama), Gesine Forberger (vocals), Theaterliga Gymnasium Cottbus (special prize)
- 1998: Nils Brück (acting), Gundula Martin (special award)
- 1999: Sigrun Fischer (acting), John Pierce (vocals)
- 2000: Dirk Glodde (acting), Hardy Brachmann (vocals), Gabriela Schulz (special prize)
- 2001: Susann Thiede (acting), Julia Bauer (vocals), Marlies Kross (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2002: Kai Börner (acting), Jens Klaus Wilde (vocals)
- 2003: Thomas Harms (acting), Carola Fischer (vocals)
- 2004: Stephanie Schönfeld (drama), Tilmann Rönnebeck (vocals), Frank Bernard (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2005: Paul Grill (acting), Wolfram Korr (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2006: Cornelia Zink (vocals), Hauke Tesch (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2007: Anna Sommerfeld (vocals), Heiko Walter (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2008: Gunnar Golkowski (acting), Weinina Weilijiang (dance), Birgit Mache (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2009: Oliver Seidel (acting), Matthias Bleidorn (vocals), Dr. AnnaLisa Canton (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2010: Johanna Emil Fülle, Amadeus Gollner (acting), Hans Petith (Karl Newman Award)
- 2011: Christian Schreier (dance), Marlene Lichtenberg (vocals), Marc Niemann (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2012: Laura Maria Hänsel (drama), Philharmonic Orchestra of the Cottbus State Theater (music), Ulf Kupke (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2013: Debra Stanley (vocals), Denise Ruddock (dance), Elena Soltan (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2014: Stefan Kulhawec (dance), Bo-Kyoung Kim (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2015: Ariadne Pabst (acting), Johannes Kienast (acting), Andrea Braun (Karl-Newman-Förderpreis)
- 2016: Greta Dato (dance), Ingo Witzke (vocals), Claudia Düsing (Karl Newman Prize)
- 2017: Henning Strübbe (acting), Andreas Jäpel (vocals), Sebastian Thoss (Karl Newman Award)
Movie
- What a theater! 100 years of Theater Cottbus. Documentation, Germany, 45 min., Moderation: Uwe Kockisch , production: rbb , first broadcast: October 1, 2008
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- State Theater website
- “Theater faces” , Lausitzer Rundschau , portraits of actors from Cottbus a. a. m.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtverwaltung Cottbus: Flyer Cottbus: Facts and Figures 2013. (PDF; 305 kB) In: cottbus.de. June 20, 2014, accessed February 28, 2017 .
- ^ Klaus Wilke: Max Berg-Ehlert, the first theater director. (No longer available online.) In: Lausitzer Rundschau . September 5, 2008, archived from the original on August 3, 2017 ; accessed on February 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stephan Märki becomes artistic director in Cottbus , nachtkritik.de from April 17, 2019, accessed April 21, 2019
- ↑ New drama directorate in Cottbus: With international experience , nachtkritik.de of September 19, 2019, accessed September 24, 2019
- ↑ Winner since 1997 - Max Grünebaum Foundation. In: max-gruenebaum-stiftung.de. Retrieved May 12, 2018 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 26 ″ N , 14 ° 19 ′ 32 ″ E