Burgtheater [Vienna]
type: Item
label: Burgtheater
description: Theatre building in Vienna, Austria
EUTA building identifier: 323
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Austria
City: Vienna
GPS: Point(16.3614 48.2103)
Wikidata source: Q109377820
opening date: 1888-10-14T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137900
Commons galery: Burgtheater
Address: Universitätsring 2
architect: Karl von Hasenauer
architect: Gottfried Semper
Redevelopment date: 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Postal Code: 1010
Capacity: 1175
Capacity: 85
Capacity: 12
Stage height: 28
Stage width: 28.5
Stage depth: 31
Front stage depth: 6
significant equipment: revolving stage
context: Nach fast 150 Jahren Spielbetrieb wurde am 14. Oktober 1888 – nach vierzehnjähriger Bauzeit – das neue Theaterhaus am Ring eröffnet. 1918 wurde das ehemalige Hoftheater der Verwaltung des Staates übergeben. @de
Building date: 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
structure replaced by: K.K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q182818
Carthalia ID: 49
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1874-1888 as K. k. Hofburgtheater by Karl Hasenauer and Gottfried Semper, as a successor to the first Burgtheater (built 1741 at another site, demolished 1888). Opened 14 October 1888 with Franz Grillparzer's Esther and Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. 1897 layout alteration of the auditorium boxes. 1919 renamed Burgtheater. Destroyed by bombs and a fire in 1945. 1953-1955 rebuilt to the original plans. Re-opened 15 Oct 1955 with Grillparzer's König Ottokars Glück und Ende. 1897: 1532 seats, today: 1313 seats.