Ringtheater [Vienna, AT]
type: Item
label: Ringtheater @nl
label: Ringtheater [Vienna] @it
label: Ringtheater de Viena @es
description: Theatre building in Vienna, Austria
description: bouwwerk in Wenen @nl
description: Edificio teatrale a Vienna, Austria @it
alternative label: Ringtheater, Vienna, Austria
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Field: health and safety
City: Vienna
Country: Austria
Burnt down date: 1881-12-08T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
EUTA building identifier: 2388
Wikidata source: Q441937
GPS: Point(16.3637 48.2149)
opening date: 1874-01-17T00:00:00Z
architect: Emil von Förster
Importance: international importance
Instance of: Canon Anno Teatri card game
time frame: Industrial Age
Anno teatri id: 114
Canon Event Label: Ringtheater Fire
Fires in Theatres id: 253
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 808
Wikidata instance: Q3053337
Carthalia ID: 3184
Modern Opera Houses ID: 555
Modern Opera Houses index: Fire at, III. S. pp. 134, 135 ; Longi­tudinal section, III. S. p. 134 ; Transverse section, III. S. p. 134; Front elevation, III. S. p. 135; Area plan, III. S. p. 135.
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1872-1874 by Emil von Förster. Opened 17 Jan 1874 as Komische Oper with Rossini's opera Il barbiere di Siviglia. Later renamed Ringtheater. Destroyed by a fire on 8 Dec 1881 during a performance of Offenbach's opera Contes d'Hoffmann, resulting in 384 deaths (and ultimately, new legislation on theatre safety). - Replaced by the Sühnhaus (Atonement House), a housing estate funded from private means of Emperor Franz Joseph in memory of the fire victims. Its revenue was designated to charity. Severely damaged by bombs in 1945, remains demolished in 1951. The site is now occupied by a police office block.
demolished: 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z