Baden-Baden Theater
The Baden-Baden Theater on Goetheplatz is the city theater of the city of Baden-Baden .
history
At the instigation of the then casino leaseholder Edouard Bénazet , the theater was built by Charles Couteau in the French style.
Especially for the opening in August 1862, Hector Berlioz composed the opera Béatrice et Bénédict based on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing . In 1869 Jacques Offenbach conducted the world premiere of his operetta La princesse de Trébizonde here .
The theater has had a permanent cast of actors since 1918. The repertoire of the repertoire mainly includes the works of William Shakespeare , Heinrich von Kleist , modern classics and French-language guest performances. As part of guest performances and co-productions, operas and other musical theater works are also performed.
At the beginning of the 1990s, the theater was completely renovated and equipped with modern technology.
In 2005 and 2019, Theater Baden-Baden hosted the Baden-Württemberg Theater Days .
The theater is one of the venues for the New Pop Festival . The rooms, especially the foyer, can be rented for weddings and other events.
Directors
- 1918–1926: Hans Waag
- 1926–1930: Hermann Grußendorf
- 1930–1933: Robert Klupp and Wolrad Rube
- 1933–1935: Otto Grimm-Provence (as political commissioner for cultural matters)
- 1935–1939: Karl Heyser
- 1939–1940: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- (1940–1946: theater closed)
- 1946–1947: Paul van der Hurk
- 1947–1949: Franz Everth (merger with the Freiburg Theater )
- 1949–1965: Hannes Tannert
- 1965–1968: Kurt H. Welke
- 1968–1976: Günther Penzoldt
- 1976–1983: Wolfgang Poch
- 1983–1996: Frieder Lorenz
- 1996-2004: Peter Lüdi
- since 2004: Nicola May
literature
- Heike Kronenwett (Ed.): Bathing in applause. 150 years of theater in Baden-Baden. Rendezvous, Baden-Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-936881-18-9 (for the exhibition of the same name in the Baden-Baden City Museum from September 8, 2012 to April 15, 2013).
- City administration Baden-Baden (Hrsg.): Theater am Goetheplatz. Festschrift for the reopening in 1992.
- Hannes Tannert u. a .: 100 years of Baden-Baden theater. Rendez-vous with a century . Baths and Spa administration, Baden-Baden 1962
Web links
- Internet presence of the theater
- Interview with director Nicola May about the 2012/2013 season
- Interactive virtual tour through and around the theater
- Interactive seat preview
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heike Kronenwett (ed.): Baden in applause. 150 years of theater in Baden-Baden. Baden-Baden 2012, p. 106 f.
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 34.9 " N , 8 ° 14 ′ 16.4" E