Cuvilliés Theater [Munich]
type: Item
label: Cuvilliéstheater @nl
label: Divadlo Cuvilliés @cs
label: Teatro Cuvilliés @it
label: Teatro de Cuvilliés @es
description: Theatre building in Munich, Germany, opened in 1750
description: operagebouw in Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Cuvilliés Theater
EUTA building identifier: 621
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Munich
GPS: Point(11.58 48.1409)
Wikidata source: Q532191
opening date: 1753-10-12T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1750-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1657-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 132701
theatrEurope table: HST_0036
context: No heritage stage machinery Originally the theatre was located where the present (New) Residence Theatre stands; after its destruction in World War II, the theatre was rebuilt in a wing of the Residence. Though the theatre was bombed during World War II, the carved and gilded boxes had been dismantled and stored for security. Afterwards the Residenztheater was meticulously recreated in the 1950s. The theatre was again renovated and technically modernised from 2004–2008.
context: Named after its architect François de Cuvilliés, this was once the court theater. The interior has been restored to its original baroque glory, decorated in majestic red and gold. The theater has four floors and each has 14 box theaters or special seats which encloses the ground floor in a horseshoe shape. Nestled in the historic ambiance, the Bavarian Drama Company shows ambitious and modern interpretations of old and new pieces.
Address: Residenzstraße 1
Web: cuvilliéstheater
architectural style: Rococo
Source URL: Cuvilliés Theatre
Propertylabel: 114
time frame: Baroque
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/75900-Theatre-Cuvillies
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q183961
Carthalia ID: 2031
Modern Opera Houses index: Stage : Longitudinal and transverse sec­tions, III. S. PL opp. p. 69. III. p. 7.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today