Opera House [Cologne, DE]
type: Item
alternative label: Municipal Theatre
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Table id: 73
City: Cologne
Theaterbrande Id: 323
Burnt down date: 1859-07-22T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1869-02-16T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1869-02-01T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1944-04-20T00:00:00Z
Importance: Not rated
Country: Germany
Wikidata source: Q45344703
Carthalia ID: 1951
Modern Opera Houses ID: 225
Modern Opera Houses ID: 317
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Note: ii)
Note: Built 1899-1902 as Neues Stadttheater by Carl Moritz. Opened 7 September 1902. From 1906, exclusively used for opera performances. 1934 rebuilding of the theatre restaurant. 1937-1940 major auditorium rebuilding by Emil Rudolf Mewes. Originally 1806 seats, in 1940: 1746 seats. Severely damaged by bombs on 20/21 April 1944 and 14 May 1944. Plans to rebuild the theatre were cancelled in the 1950s when the city council decided to build a new Opernhaus at another site. Remains demolished in 1958.
opening date: 1817-01-01T00:00:00Z
reopening date: 1861-01-01T00:00:00Z
demolished: 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z