Goethe Theatre [Bad Lauchstädt]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany, opened in 1798
description: Duits nationaal monument in Bad Lauchstädt @nl
alternative label: Goethe Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 634
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Bad Lauchstädt
GPS: Point(11.8639 51.3883)
Wikidata source: Q1534150
opening date: 1802-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1798-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
theatrEurope table: HST_0004
member Perspectiv: yes
Capacity: 456
context: Nur noch die tragenden Balken stammen aus der Erbauungszeit. Die Bühnenmaschinerie wurde nach 1945 alten Vorbildern nachempfunden. Hölzerne Bühnenmaschinerie im Goethe-Theater | Detail | heutiger Zustand
Web: www.goethe-theater.com
architect: Martin Friedrich Rabe
architect: Heinrich Gentz
Member of: PERSPECTIV
The European Route of Historic Theatres: German Route
Propertylabel: 15
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1606
Note: Built 1802 by Heinrich Gentz and Martin Friedrich Rabe in co-operation with the writer and state minister, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1759-1832), for the Sachsen-Weimar court. Opened 26 June 1802 with Goethe's prelude Was wir bringen and Mozart's La clemenza di Tito. Used as a summer home to the Weimar court theatre company until 1811. 1818 bought by the Kingdom of Prussia and declared Royal Dramatic Theatre. Subsequently used as a summer theatre. 1830 stabilisation works. 1834 site of Richard Wagner's debut as a conductor. 1907-1908 renovation by Th. Lehmann and G. Wolff. Re-opened 13 Jul 1908 with Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris. 1966-1968 exterior and interior renovation to the original designs, reconstruction of the original stage machinery. 550 seats. Currently used for a summer season of drama and opera performances by companies from Halle and other touring companies, for a winter concert season, and for performances by the annual Händel-Festpiele Halle festival.