Estates Theatre [Prague]
type: Item
label: Statentheater @nl
label: Stavovské divadlo @cs
label: Teatro degli Stati di Praga @it
label: Teatro Estatal @es
description: Theatre building in Prague, Czech Republic
description: theater in Tsjechië @nl
alternative label: Estates Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 43
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Czech Republic
City: Prague
GPS: Point(14.4239 50.0861)
Wikidata source: Q521155
opening date: 1783-04-21T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366741.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
theatrEurope table: HST_0181
context: No heritage stage machinery One of the oldest European theatres operating continuously since its inauguration. It was constructed in 1781–1783 by the imperial court architect Anton Haffenecker for count Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck, the most important royal official in Bohemia.
context: Mozart created two operas for Prague which premiered in this theatre: Don Giovanni (1787) and La Clemenza di Tito (1791). In 1859, one storey was added to the building and an extra gallery in the now higher auditorium in 1882, the auditorium was redecorated in the present style.
Capacity: 659
Capacity: 1129
Address: Železná 540/11
Web: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
architect: Anton Haffenecker
architect: Caspar Hermann Graf von Künigl
Redevelopment date: 1859-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1791-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1800-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1814-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1826-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1844-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Emperor Route
id in List of theatres in Bohemia, 1905: 1| 40
Importance: international importance
Building relation: freestanding building
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Preservation state: representative building
type of operator: resident theatre company
building purpose: Theatre operation building
Theatre space character: performing arts building
Theatres by Javorin (1949) id: 195
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/75897-Estates-Theatre
Carthalia ID: 298
Note: Built 1781-1783 as Deutsches Nationaltheater by Frantisek Antonin Count Nostic Rieneck. Opened 1783 with Lessing's Emilia Galotti. Also known as Graf-Nositz-Theater / Hraběci Nosticovo Divadlo. 1798 purchased by the Bohemian Diet (a parliament of landed gentry) and renamed Královské Stavovské Divadlo / Königliches Ständetheater (Royal Theatre of the Estates). 1859 extension by an extra floor. From 1862, used exclusively for German performances. Renamed Königlich Deutsches Stadttheater. 1920 re-renamed Stavovské Divadlo and mainly used for drama performance by the Naródní Divadlo ensemble. 1948 renamed Tylovo divadlo after the Czech playwright, Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808-1856). 1982-1990 major renovations to the original plans. 1990 re-renamed Stavovské Divadlo. Currently used for opera and ballet performances by the Naródní Divadlo ensembles. 1600 seats.