Hellbrunn Rock Theatre [Salzburg]
type: Item
label: Hellbrunn Rock Theatre
description: theatre building in Salzburg, Austria
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135097
Wikidata source: Q56163301
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Country: Austria
City: Salzburg
GPS: Point(13.0682 47.7569)
Wikidata instance: Q11183017
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190180
Carthalia ID: 36
Note: Open-air rock theatre, also known as Steintheater (stone theatre). Built 1616 for Archbishop Markus Sittikus von Hohenems by transforming a natural stone quarry. Ca. 100 spectators could be seated under a rock arch, and another 100 specators on top of the arch. Location of the first opera performance north of the Alps, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1617.
opening date: 1616-01-01T00:00:00Z