Großes Haus [Darmstadt]
type: Item
label: Großes Haus
description: Theatre building in Darmstadt, Germany
description: theater in Darmstadt @nl
EUTA building identifier: 640
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Darmstadt
GPS: Point(8.6551 49.8754)
Wikidata source: Q47514979
Redevelopment date: 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1819-01-01T00:00:00Z
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
architect: Georg Moller
Wikidata instance: Q635719
Carthalia ID: 2547
Modern Opera Houses index: Subsidy of, III. p. 4; Works pre­sented at, III. p. 7.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1817-1819 as Großherzogliches Hoftheater (court theatre of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt) by Georg Moller. Opened 7 Nov 1819 with Gaspare Spontini's opera Fernand Cortez oder die Eroberung von Mexiko. Ca. 2000 seats. The mostly wooden theatre was nearly completely destroyed by fire on 24 Oct 1871. - 1875-1879 rebuilding by Christian Horst. Opened 19 Oct 1879 with Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin. 1226 seats.