Staatstheater Braunschweig

Staatstheater Braunschweig
(State Theatre of Brunswick)

Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
"Great House" of Staatstheater with Cimiotti Fountain
Address	Braunschweig Germany
Owner	State of Lower Saxony
Designation	Listed Kulturdenkmal
Capacity	Großes Haus: 954 Kleines Haus: 297
Construction
Opened	1690 (1690) (Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt) 1861 (1861) (Staatstheater Braunschweig)
Rebuilt	1859 (1859), Carl Wolf / Heinrich Ahlburg 1945 (1945)
Architect	Carl Wolf / Heinrich Ahlburg
Website
http://www.staatstheater-braunschweig.de/

The Staatstheater Braunschweig is a theatre and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany. Joachim Klement has been the intendant there since 2010.

The Staatstheater hosts musical theatre, modern dance and theatre.

The Staatstheater Braunschweig is owned by the State of Lower Saxony.

History

The earliest incarnation of the Staatstheater Braunschweig was the Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt in Braunschweig, founded in 1690 by Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Theatre works such as Emilia Galotti by Lessing and Goethe's Faust had their first openings in Braunschweig.

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view
• 
  Foyer of "Great House"
• 
  Zuschauerraum of "Great House"
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  "Little House"
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  Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
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  State Theatre in 1860

Intendants

• 1925-29: Prof.Dr.Neubeck
• 1929-33: Dr. Himmighoffen
• 1933-34: Oskar Walleck
• 1934-45: Dr. Alexander Schum
• 1945-46: Jost Dahmen
• 1946-47: Heinrich Voigt

• 1947-51: Walter Bruno Iltz
• 1951-61: Hermann Kühn
• 1961-63: Erich Kriebig
• 1964-67: Helmuth Matiasek
• 1967-68: Hermann Kühn
• 1968-72: Hans Peter Doll

• 1972-79: Chritoph Groszer
• 1979-91: Mario Krüger
• 1991-93: Hans Peter Doll
• 1993-94: Jürgen Flügge
• 1997-2010: Wolfgang Gropper
• since 2010 Joachim Klement

• 1995-97: Board of directors: Brigitte Fassbaender, Philippe Auguin, Tatjana Rese

External links

• Staatstheater Braunschweig official website