The State Theatre Košice [Košice]
type: Item
label: Staatstheater Košice @nl
label: Štátne divadlo Košice @cs
label: Teatro di Stato di Košice @it
label: Teatro estatal de Košice @es
description: Theatre building in Košice, Slovakia, opened in 1899
description: Theater aan de Hlavna ulica in Košice @nl
alternative label: The State Theatre Košice
EUTA building identifier: 213
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Slovakia
City: Košice
GPS: Point(21.2573 48.7217)
Wikidata source: Q133708
Building date: 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: Hlavná 32/58
Web: www.sdke.sk
architect: Adolf Láng
architect: Antal Steinhardt
opening date: 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 680
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1899 by Adolf Lang. Frescos by von Gastgeb, sculptures by E. Mayer. Opened 28 Sep 1899 with József Katona's Bánk Bán. 1954-1959 interior alterations. 1973-1975 major exterieur renovation. 1987-1994 major interior renovation, modernization, and extension by rehearsal spaces by Rastislav Janák and Miloslav Mudroncík. Originally 926 seats, today 560 seats.