Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre [Kraków]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Kraków, Poland
description: theater in Polen @nl
alternative label: Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 127
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Poland
City: Kraków
GPS: Point(19.9354 50.0632)
Wikidata source: Q9344362
opening date: 1799-01-01T00:00:00Z
Web: stary.pl
architect: Karol Kremer
architect: Tomasz Majewski
architect: Szczepan Humbert
Redevelopment date: 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q327333
Carthalia ID: 3878
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1798-1799 by Szczepan Humbert. 1841-1842 major renovation and enlargement (900 seats) by Karol Kremer and Tomasz Majewski. 1878 rebuildings. Closed 31 August 1893. Until 1906 converted into a first floor concert hall with ground floor ballrooms by Tadeusz Stryjeński and Franciszek Mączyński, with art-deco façade decoration by Józef Gardecki. 1943-1944 renovation by Bronisław Opaliński and Marcin Bukowski. Concert hall converted into a theatre during the German occupation in World War II. Later various rebuildings. Renamed Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej [Helena Modrzejewska Old Theatre] in honour of the Polish-American actress, Helena Modrzejewska (also known as Helena Modjeska, 1840-1909).