Görlitz Theater
| Görlitz Theater | |
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| Address: | Demianiplatz 2 |
| City: | 02826 Görlitz |
| Coordinates: | 51 ° 9 ′ 13 ″ N , 14 ° 59 ′ 7 ″ E |
| Architecture and history | |
| Construction time: | 1850-1851 |
| Opened: | October 2, 1851 |
| Spectator: | 500 seats |
| Architects: | Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer, Gustav Kießler |
The Görlitz Theater is a theater building for opera and drama in the East Saxon city of Görlitz . The building is popularly known as the Kleine Semperoper because of the opulent interior .
location
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The theater is located in the city center on Demianiplatz . The main entrance of the theater is on the northwest side of the building in the direct vicinity of the Kaisertrutz .
history
The first draft for the new theater building was submitted by the Berlin architect Eduard Titz , but was rejected for financial reasons. Ultimately, the construction was carried out according to the plans of the local master mason Gustav Kießler and master builder Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer. According to other sources, Titz's design was used in a slightly modified form.
The foundation stone was laid on June 1, 1850 , and the theater was officially opened on October 2, 1851 with Friedrich Schiller's drama Don Karlos . At the beginning of the 20th century, electric lighting was installed instead of the original gas lighting . In 1911, the entrance hall and the balcony above were added to the north side. The balcony is supported by a temple front in the style of ancient Greece, which is facing the main entrance. The city of Görlitz took over management of the theater in 1923, which had previously been leased to various drama companies. She decided to do a lot of renovation work. In the mid-1920s, for example, the backstage and the set house were added on the side facing the Görlitz department store . The south-western long side was adapted to the extensions. The auditorium was also redesigned. The ceiling was decorated with ornate red and gold ornaments, painted heads and figures of muses. The tiers and portals also received stucco and gold decorations. The eye-catcher on the ceiling was the teardrop-shaped crystal chandelier. In the 1960s, he fell victim to the simplification of the auditorium.
In September 2002, after a year and a half of construction and theater operations on the backstage, the completely reconstructed auditorium was handed over to its intended use. The house was completely renovated. It received new heating, new floors and new seating, as well as modern lighting and sound technology. Since the restoration, the auditorium shines again in the picture from 1873.
business
The Görlitzer Haus has been producing music theater for the entire Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia cultural area since 1999. With operas, operettas, musicals and ballet performances as well as concerts by the New Lusatian Philharmonic , the Görlitzer Ensemble plays regularly in Bautzen, Hoyerswerda, Kamenz and other places in the cultural area. Guest performances by other ensembles also take place in the Görlitzer Haus. On January 1, 2011, the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Zittau merged with the Görlitzer Theater to form the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau GmbH. Both houses were united with one another between 1963 and 1989.
literature
- Wolfgang Archner: 160 Years of Theater Görlitz - A Brief Building History . Ed .: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau GmbH. Görlitz 2011.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seating plan , Theater Görlitz, (PDF; 37 kB)
- ^ Richard Jecht : History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 629 .
- ↑ Andreas Bednarek: Görlitz - as it was . Droste, Düsseldorf 1993, ISBN 3-7700-1007-8 , p. 72 .
- ^ Bernd Vogelsang: Theaters in Silesia. (= Finds and findings on the history of the Silesian theater , Volume 2.) (= Publications of the Research Center for East Central Europe at the University of Dortmund , Series A, Volume 41.) Dortmund 1984, p. 150 f.
- ^ Ernst-Heinz Lemper : Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 3-932693-63-9 , p. 222 .
- ^ Ernst Heinz Lemper: Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 3-932693-63-9 , p. 231 .
- ↑ goerlitz.de: Gerhart Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau GmbH . Retrieved March 19, 2017 .