City Theater Berndorf
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The Stadttheater Berndorf , built as Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Theater in 1897/98, is a theater in the municipality of Berndorf in Lower Austria .
The theater was commissioned by Arthur Krupp on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph and financed entirely from his private funds. The theater was intended to provide entertainment and education for the Krupp workforce and was the first theater in an industrial location ( workers' theater ) of the monarchy and only the fifth in Lower Austria outside Vienna (after Baden , Krems, Wiener Neustadt and St. Pölten ).
The neo-renaissance building was completed on schedule in 1898 , based on the model of the German People's Theater in Vienna, based on designs by Fellner & Helmer and under the construction management of the architects Laske and Essenther. The interior is reminiscent of a rococo palace theater. The original building had colorful frescoes on the outside, which are only partially preserved today. The main facade of the theater is directed into a park with plane trees and facing away from the actual main square, but facing the Krupp am Brand residence . As a result, Krupp failed in the urban planning of a large square in front of the theater.
Since Empress Elisabeth was murdered in Geneva in the anniversary year of 1898 and there was court mourning, the opening only took place on September 27, 1899, in the presence of the Emperor. A tempera picture of Hans Temple in the foyer of the theater reminds of the opening evening , which portrays many of the personalities present in detail. The folk play The Little Man by Carl Karlweis with Alexander Girardi in the role of Walzl and other members of the German People's Theater in Vienna was given.
After the opening, the house was alternately played twice a week by the ensembles from Baden, Wiener Neustadt and the German Volkstheater. The entrance fees were subsidized by Arthur Krupp, the program was very popular and the house was often sold out. There was a separate theater train for foreign guests .
The interior of the theater was badly damaged by fire on September 26, 1902, but it was restored according to the original plans by October 1903. Arthur Krupp took over the costs again. With the First World War, regular gaming operations came to a standstill, and a cinema was set up in 1930. On May 10, 1944, the driveway and entrance of the theater were damaged by bombs; on July 4, 1944, the floods of the Triesting caused further damage. In 1960, the United Metallwerke Ranshofen-Berndorf donated the dilapidated city theater to the community, which carried out a renovation with the help of the Lower Austrian provincial government from 1960–64. The exterior plaster and the roof were renewed and the stage equipment was modernized. The total cost was around 4.7 million schillings, almost double the estimated cost. A profound restoration was carried out in 1986-92 by Robert Krapfenbauer and H. Scheifinger.
The theater never had its own ensemble . Today it has 488 seats. The theater has been the venue for the Berndorfer Festival ( Berndorfer Theatersommer ) since 1989 , the first 22 years under the directorship of Felix Dvorak , who was replaced by Michael Niavarani in 2011 . The actress Kristina Sprenger has been the artistic director since summer 2014 .
View 1898
ground floor
Look at the gallery
An unequal couple , theater summer 2012
literature
- Helene Schießl, Erwin Schindler: Berndorfer Gemeindechronik, published on the occasion of 100 years of the city of Berndorf. Ed .: City of Berndorf. Pp. 89-94, 272-274, 334-335.
- Felix Dvorak: City Theater Berndorf. The centenary miracle. Kremayr & Scheriau, 1998, ISBN 3-218-00659-7 .
Web links
- City Theater Berndorf in the Lower Austrian State Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helene Schießl, Erwin Schindler: Berndorfer Gemeindechronik. P. 139.
- ↑ Helene Schießl, Erwin Schindler: Berndorfer Gemeindechronik. P. 153.
- ^ Niavarani becomes director of the Berndorf Festival. orf.at, accessed on May 29, 2010 .
- ↑ Premiere: Kristina Sprenger is the theater manager. In: kurier.at. August 15, 2014, accessed December 24, 2017 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 56 ′ 43.8 " N , 16 ° 6 ′ 34.9" E