Regensburg Theater

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Theater on Bismarckplatz
Auditorium

The Regensburg Theater at Bismarckplatz 7 in Regensburg is a 5-division house with several venues and has been run as an independent municipal company since 1999. With around 640 performances in the fields of music theater, drama, dance, young theater and concerts, the theater reaches around 180,000 spectators per year (2018/19 season).

General and current

Thon-Dittmer-Palais courtyard venue (2016)
Velodrom venue
Blackboard construction history of the Velodrom

Jens Neundorff von Enzberg has been the artistic director since autumn 2012 . Waltraud Parisot has been the theater's commercial director since July 1, 2016. Under director Jens Neundorff von Enzberg there is a growing subscriber base (over 6,000 subscriptions / season 2019/20). In the 2018/19 season, own income of just over 3 million euros was achieved.

Venues

  • Conventional venues and stages
    • Theater stage in the three-tier theater with 520 seats, including rehearsal stage as well as Neuhaussaal and Neuhaussaal foyer in the main building on Bismarckplatz
    • in the Velodrome built by Simon Oberdorfer on Arnulfsplatz ,
    • Theater am Haidplatz in the Thon-Dittmer-Palais am Haidplatz ,
    • in the former presidential palace on Bismarckplatz, for the Junge Theater since February 2015
    • in summer, plays are also performed in the inner courtyard of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais (school theater).
  • Extraordinary venues and open-air venues that are selected at regular intervals
    • At the end of the 2013 season there was a big event of all branches on the Walhalla ("And above us the sky"),
    • 2014 Symphony concert in the quarry of Walhalla Kalk,
    • 2015 big festival in the Jahnstadion Regensburg ("final whistle")
    • 2017/2019 in the port of Regensburg (Westhafen) with "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tosca".

game schedule

The interdisciplinary conceptual program features rarely performed works, rediscoveries and world premieres (including "Hrabal and the man at the window" play by Bernhard Setzwein, "Run Lola" - opera by Ludger Vollmer , "Die Vaterlosen" - play by Csaba Mikó, " Freax ”- opera by Moritz Eggert ,“ The Banality of Love ”- opera by Ella Milch-Sheriff ) alongside newly surveyed classics, audience favorites and productions from youth and children's clubs and community theaters. The theater cooperates with international theaters and artists.

Actors and artists

With the mezzo-soprano Vera Semieniuk (2013), the soprano Anna Pisareva (2017), the actor Jacob Keller (2015) and the soprano Sara-Maria Saalmann (2019), the Regensburg Theater has received four winners of the Bavarian Art Prize in the category in recent years "Performing Arts".

Cooperations

28 schools from Regensburg and the surrounding area are participating in the school-theater cooperation "DEIN: THEATER!" The students attend a theater performance at least once a year, including preparation and follow-up. Especially for this form of cooperation, the Regensburg Theater developed the career information day in 2014/15, on which over 500 schoolchildren can get to know all of the company's professions / trades in one day.

In May / June 2016, the Regensburg Theater organized the Bavarian Theater Days under the motto "Wild Bavaria".

Awards

In 2019, the Regensburg Theater received three nominations from among 60 critics in the annual survey conducted by the trade journal Die Deutsche Bühne for an “exceptionally amused overall program” in the “Off the beaten track” category, and thus came second. There were also three nominations in the categories “Outstanding contribution to the current development of the theater” for Julia Prechsl, “The innovative format” for the drama competition “Talking about Borders” and “Outstanding contribution to the current development of dance” for Yuki Mori's choreography “Dangerous Liaisons ”.

History of the theater

Forerunner, first construction and fire in 1849

The forerunner of the theater in Regensburg was the Princely Thurn und Taxische Hoftheater, which was operated in the Ballhaus on Agidienplatz until 1786 . The Ballhaus, which was built by the city in 1652, was initially rented in 1760 and was sold by the city to the Princely House in 1804. At the same time, in 1803, the elector, archbishop and imperial arch-chancellor Carl Theodor von Dalberg commissioned Emanuel Herigoyen, who had been appointed city and country architect for the Principality of Regensburg in 1804, to draw up plans for a new public theater and society building , known as the Neues Haus for short . The construction was financed as a stock corporation and could be completed in such a short construction period that the opening could take place in September 1804. The main feature of the classicist building type was the social room on the upper floor. A special feature was also the carriage passage for the better society across the ground floor, which connected the two squares in the south (today Bismarckplatz ) and in the north (today Arnulfsplatz ) created by the theater building .

Dalberg sponsored the theater with an annual grant of 8,000 guilders. The respective director and the ensemble had to take care of the rest of the financing. The first director was Ignaz Walter (1755–1822) for 20 years until his death. In 1812 the theater passed into Bavarian state ownership as the Royal National Theater .

On June 18, 1849, the building burned to the ground in a large fire. In the same year a provisional game operation was started in the premises of an innkeeper in today's Wittelsbacher Straße. The theater was supported by Haus Thurn Taxis with 6,000 guilders a year and made possible by providing the entire fund of the former princely theater in the Ballhaus.

New construction and renovations until 1998

On the initiative of a citizens' committee, with the support of the Bavarian state, with funds from fire insurance and a grant from the Thurn und Taxis company, the construction of a new theater building with Redoutensaal (today Neuhaussaal) began on the foundation walls of the fire ruins. The construction was based on the old plans by Emanuel Herigoyen under the direction of the Thurn and Taxis domain and building adviser Carl Victor Keim. The orientation of the auditorium and stage in the new building was swapped. A pictorial representation of the facade of the theater building from Herigoyen to Bismarckplatz is not known, but it is certain that the southern facade then and now was essentially designed by Keim. A pictorial representation from 1829 shows the north facade to Arnulfsplatz with an entrance flanked by columns to an open passage as a carriage passage to Bismarckplatz. This passage was closed in 1937 in favor of a foyer. On October 12, 1852, the house was reopened under the name Stadttheater with the performance of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Die Huguenots . In memory of the name customary in the city for the first theater building, the society hall is still called Neuhaussaal today .

In 1859 the theater became the property of the city. In 1898 the theater was first modernized, supported by Albert von Thurn und Taxis , who made his senior building officer Max Schultze available free of charge to manage the site. In the 1950s and 1960s, the demolition and rebuilding of the building was discussed, but only one renovation was carried out, which also included the columned passage on Neuhausstrasse. In total, up to the comprehensive general renovation at the end of the 1990s, more than 30 conversions and extensions had been carried out, which involved major structural interventions.

Therefore, the redevelopment concept from 1998 was not only an existing redevelopment to remove defects, but the redevelopment had to create the reorganization of a confused conglomerate of conversions and stylistic confusion in order to return to the order and clarity, the ideals of classicism. The carriage passage was restored to provide internal access to the building. On the basis of old findings and old plans by the builder Viktor Keim, the gutted rooms loges, columns, friezes and ceilings were given the classicist versions and the handcrafted details, fittings and draperies . The structural requirements for the installation of the most modern stage and building technology were created with underpinnings .

World premieres

Musical theater

  • Michael Ende (Libretto) / Wilfried Hiller (Music): The Lindworm and the Butterfly . Premiere January 11, 1981 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Paula Köhler (libretto) / Thomas Bartel (music): The patient . WP April 15, 2005 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Franz Csiky (libretto) / József Sári (music): The hatter . WP March 29, 2008 (Velodrom)
  • Sandra Hummel (libretto) / Franz Hummel (music): Zarathustra . Opera in 12 scenes. WP April 24, 2010 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Bettina Erasmy (libretto) / Ludger Vollmer (music): Lola runs . Premiere February 28, 2013 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Anton Lubchenko (libretto and music) Doctor Zhivago . WP January 24, 2015 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Moritz Eggert (libretto and music): Freax . scenic premiere on January 21, 2017 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Ella Milch-Sheriff (music) / Savyon Liebrecht (libretto): The banality of love . WP January 27, 2018 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Gabriel Prokofiev (music) / David Pountney (libretto based on an idea by G. Prokofiev): Elizabetta . WP January 26, 2019 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Jüri Reinvere (music and libretto): Minona. A life in the shadow of Beethoven . WP January 27, 2020 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)

play

  • Georg Britting  / Erwin Weill (1885–1942): On the threshold . (One-act cycle; lost). Premiere March 27, 1913 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Madame (Weill / Britting)
  • Potiphar (Britting)
  • The foolish youth (Britting)
  • Richard Billinger : The Witch of Passau . Premiere 1935 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Ernst Wiechert : The poor children's Christmas . Premiere 1946 (also premiere in Stuttgart)
  • Karl Held: Girl, I am yours . Premiere 1953
  • Jürg Amann : Called after . Premiere 1984 (Theater am Haidplatz?)
  • Harald Grill : Be goose skin to Hans or wherever love falls . Premiere October 5, 1985 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Benno Hurt : Free Conduct (The Adversary) . WP April 30, 1987 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Harald Grill: Jorinde and Joringel in the Wackersdorfer Wald . Scenes from a heavenly funeral. Premiere November 6th 1987 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Benno Hurt: Who would not love the forest of the Germans . WP 1991
  • Harald Grill: Our father . WP 1996
  • Eva Demski : The blue Danube . WP April 11, 2008 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Konstantin Küspert : human machine . WP September 22, 2013 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Bernhard Setzwein : Hrabal and the man at the window . WP June 6, 2015 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Konstantin Küspert : plague . WP November 20, 2015 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Mia Constantine: Dear Eddie . A musical-biographical homage to Eddie Constantine UA March 19, 2016 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Alfred Döblin : Wadzek's fight with the steam turbine . (Editing: Hannes Weiler, Meike Sasse). WP June 8, 2018 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Magnus Vattrodt : A great departure . Premiere November 18, 2017 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Tom Angleberger: Yoda I am! all i know! . WP September 29, 2018 (Young Theater)
  • Dominique Lorenz : Who's afraid of the white man . Premiere November 17, 2018 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Aron Lehmann , stage version Julia Prechsl: The last pig . WP April 12, 2019 (Theater am Haidplatz)
  • Karl Koppelmaa: The increase in happiness . WP May 26, 2019 (Theater am Haidplatz)

dance

  • Yuki Mori (Choreography): Incantations . Premiere November 3rd, 2012 (Velodrom)
  • Yuki Mori (Choreography): Black Rain . Premiere November 3rd, 2012 (Velodrom)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Me, Wagner. Nostalgia! . WP January 26, 2013 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Intimate letters . WP February 14, 2014 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (Choreography): Le Sacre du Printemps . WP February 14, 2014 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Don Quixote . WP October 17, 2014 (Velodrom)
  • Stephan Toss (choreography): Caught in tRaum . WP February 22, 2015 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Bernarda Alba . WP February 22, 2015 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): The House . WP October 31, 2015 (Velodrom)
  • Ihsan Rustem (choreography): Marina . WP February 12, 2016 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Bolero . WP February 12, 2016 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Loops . WP November 6, 2016 (Velodrom)
  • Giuseppe Spota (choreography): Blank . WP November 6, 2016 (Velodrom)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Les enfants terribles . WP February 18, 2017
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Allegoria . WP October 29, 2017 (Velodrom)
  • Alessio Burani (choreography): Human . WP October 29, 2017 (Velodrom)
  • Yuki Mori (choreography): Bacon . WP February 17, 2018 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Felix Landerer (choreography): Klimt . WP February 17, 2018 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Yuki Mori (Choreography): Death and the Maiden . WP October 28, 2018 (Velodrom)
  • Fabien Prioville (choreography): Les petites choses qui disparaissent . WP October 28, 2018 (Velodrom)
  • Yuki Mori (Choreography): Dangerous Liaisons . WP February 16, 2019 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)
  • Alessio Burani (Choreography) / Development of the Young Theater: And in between me . WP May 18, 2019 (Young Theater)
  • Georg Reischl (Choreography): Juke Box Heroes . WP November 1, 2019 (Velodrom)

Theater management

  • 1804–1822 Ignaz Walter (around 1755–1822)
  • 1822–1824 August Müller
  • 1824–1825 Maximilian Fackler
  • 1825–1828 Johann Weinmüller
  • 1828–1838 August and Josephine Müller
  • 1838–1842 Carl Blankenstein (1798–1852) and Alexander Pfeiffer
  • 1842–1843 Friedrich Maurer, princely councilor of Thurn and Taxis
  • 1843–1844 Ferdinand Röder (1807–1880)
  • 1844–1847 Heinrich Zacharda
  • 1847–1848 Johann Dardenne
  • 1848–1849 Friedrich Maurer, princely councilor of Thurn and Taxis
  • 1849-1852 August Rothhammer
  • 1852–1853 Eduard Gerlach (? –1853)
  • 1853–1854 JW Bensberg and Carl Schultes (acting)
  • 1854–1855 Friedrich Engelken
  • 1855–1856 Johann Dardenne
  • 1856–1857 Ludwig Cramer
  • 1857–1866 Martin Wihrler
  • 1866–1868 Carl Schiemang
  • 1868–1873 Martin Wihrler
  • 1873–1875 August Amann
  • 1875–1881 Benno Timanski (1820–?)
  • 1881–1889 Carl Berghof
  • 1889–1891 Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838–1928)
  • 1891–1895 Paul Blasel
  • 1895–1900 Franz Gottscheid
  • 1900–1905 Berti Eilers
  • 1905-1909 Julius Laska
  • 1909–1912 Johannes Maurach (1883–1951)
  • 1912–1914 Emil Vanderstetten
  • 1914–1917 (guest performance)
  • 1917–1918 Max Linnbrunner and Toni Thoms
  • 1918–1919 Emil Reiter
  • 1919–1920 Richard L'Arronge
  • 1920–1924 Max Linnbrunner
  • 1924–1928 Hubert Rausse (? –1947) and Ignaz Brantner
  • 1928–1933 Hubert Rausse
  • 1933–1935 Max Linnbrunner
  • 1935–1939 Rudolf Meyer (1904–?)
  • 1939–1942 Egon Schmid (? –1955)
  • 1942–1944 Fritz Herterich (1906–?)
  • 1945–1953 Herbert Decker (? –1986)
  • 1953–1955 Wolfgang Nufer
  • 1956 Alexander Paulmüller (acting)
  • 1956–1965 Walter Storz
  • 1965–1969 Volker von Collande (1913–1990)
  • 1969–1974 Walter Ruppel
  • 1974–1988 Horst Alexander Stelter (1925–1991)
  • 1988–2002 Marietheres List
  • 2002–2012 Ernö Weil (* 1947)
  • since 2012 Jens Neundorff von Enzberg

literature

  • Helmut Pigge : Theater in Regensburg . MZ-Buchverlag, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-931904-40-7 .
  • Spiritual prince with a sense of culture. Carl von Dalberg and his importance for the Regensburg theater life. In: Mälzel's magazine. Zeitschrift für Musikkultur in Regensburg 3/2001, pp. 8–11.
  • Magnus Gaul: Music theater in Regensburg in the first half of the 19th century. Studies on repertoire and processing practice (= Regensburg Contributions to Music History 3). Schneider, Tutzing 2004, ISBN 3-7952-1118-2 .
  • Magnus Gaul: The Regensburg Music Theater in the field of tension between aspiration and reality. An insight into the theater history of the 19th century. In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg (VHVO) 2003, vol. 143. Kallmünz: Oberpfalz-Verlag, pp. 349–364.
  • Matthias Nagel. Theme & variations. The Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra and its history . Regensburg: Pustet 2001.
  • Magnus Gaul: Music theater. The time of change: the 19th century. In: Thomas Emmerig (ed.). Music history of the city of Regensburg. Regensburg: Pustet 2006, pp. 389-405.
  • Gerhard Heldt: Music theater. Time of Consolidation: The 20th Century. In: Thomas Emmerig (ed.). Music history of the city of Regensburg. Regensburg: Pustet 2006, pp. 396-416.
  • Christoph Meixner: Music theater in Regensburg in the age of the everlasting Reichstag (= music and theater 3). Studio-Verlag, Sinzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-89564-114-5 .

Web links

Commons : Stadttheater Regensburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wochenblatt Verlagsgruppe GmbH: Waltraud Parisot becomes the new commercial director at the Regensburg Theater. In: Wochenblatt.de. Retrieved May 17, 2016 .
  2. ^ Mittelbayeische Zeitung: Theater Regensburg breaks record. In: Mittelbayerische.de. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ The German Stage, August 2019
  4. ^ A b Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 419-421, 599 f .
  5. ↑ a b Michael Hermann: The theater renovation - piece by piece to the classical order . In: 40 years of urban development funding in Regensburg - a success story . City of Regensburg, Planning and Building Department, Office for Urban Development, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-935052-96-2 , p. 32 f .

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 9 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 23 ″  E