Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater [Görlitz]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Görlitz, Germany
description: theater in Görlitz @nl
alternative label: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater
EUTA building identifier: 660
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Görlitz
GPS: Point(14.9853 51.1537)
Wikidata source: Q1413636
opening date: 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365060.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365061.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365062.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365063.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Address: Demianiplatz 2
architect: Frederick John Kiesler
Propertylabel: 75
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1854
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1850-1851 as Stadttheater by Gustav Kießler for the city of Görlitz. Opened 2 July 1851 with Schiller's Don Karlos. 620 seats. 1873 auditorium redecoration. 1882 extension by a foyer tract and a stage extension. 1911 rebuilding and modernization, extension by a foyer and box office hall. 1925-1926 restorations, auditorium extension (845 seats), other extensions and modernization (removing most of the original exterior decoration). Later renamed Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater in honour of the German playwright, Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946). 1963-1988 home to the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater opera company (while the drama company resided in the Zittau Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater). 1967-1968 technical modernization. 1992-2002 major exterior and interior restoration (auditorium restoration to 1873 designs). Used for opera, drama and ballet performances by the resident companies.