Helena Modrzejewska Theatre [Legnica]
type: Item
label: Divadlo Heleny Modrzejewské @cs
label: teatro Helena Modrzejewska @it
label: Teatro de Helena Modrzejewska en Legnica @es
description: Theatre building in Legnica, Poland
description: theater in Legnica @nl
alternative label: Helena Modrzejewska Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 118
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Poland
City: Legnica
GPS: Point(16.1606 51.2074)
Wikidata source: Q9356198
opening date: 1842-12-25T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: Rynek
architect: Carl Ferdinand Langhans
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 572
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1840-1842 by Carl Ferdinand Langhans for the city of Liegnitz. Opened 25 December 1842 as Stadttheater with Weber's Jubel-Ouverture, a prologue by Henriette Hanke, and Friedrich Halm's Der Sohn der Wildnis. 1893 technical modernization. 1902 auditorium renovation. 1925 technical modernization. Capacity: 802 persons (including standing room). 1994 (?) renamed Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej in honour of the Polish-American actress, Helena Modrzejewska (also known as Helena Modjeska, 1840-1909).