Staatstheater Braunschweig

Staatstheater Braunschweig
(State Theatre of Brunswick)

Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt
Photo of the main theatre building "Great House" of Staatstheater with Cimiotti-Brunnen
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 comprises musical theatre, modern dance and theatre.

Owner of the Staatstheater Braunschweig is the State of Lower Saxony.

History

The first predecessor 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 opening in Braunschweig.

Gallery

• Braunschweig Luftaufnahme Staatstheater (2011).JPG

  Aerial view

• Braunschweig Staatstheater Foyer.jpg

  Foyer of "Great House"

• Braunschweig Staatstheater Zuschauerraum.jpg

  Zuschauerraum of "Great House"

• Braunschweig Kleines Haus.jpg

  "Little House"

• Opernhaus Braunschweig.jpg

  Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt

• BS Theater um 1860 Stahl.jpg

  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