Hellbrunn Rock Theatre [Salzburg]
Hellbrunn Rock Theatre
theatre building in Salzburg, Austria
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.