Staatsheater am Gärtnerplatz [Munich]
type: Item
label: Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz @nl
description: Theatre building in Munich, Germany
description: theater in Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Staatsheater am Gärtnerplatz
EUTA building identifier: 666
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Munich
GPS: Point(11.5756 48.1311)
Wikidata source: Q318058
opening date: 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366123.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366124.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Internal image: München Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz innen.jpg
Address: Gärtnerplatz 3,Reichenbachstraße 16 g
Web: www.staatstheater-am-gaertnerplatz.de
Propertylabel: 119
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 2033
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1864-1865 as Actien-Volkstheater by Franz Michael Reifenstuel. Opened 4 Nov 1865 with the allegorical Festspiel Was wir wollen by the theatre's director Hermann Schmid (with music by Georg Krempelsetzer), and Jacques Offenbach's operetta Eine musikalische Soirée in der Vorstadt. Ca. 1900 alteration of auditorium and façade. Major alterations of the interior in the 1920s. 1937 renovations and alterations after an attempt of closing and demolishing the theatre. Destroyed by bombs in 1945. Rebuilding 1945-1948. 1968-1982 interior and exterior renovation to the original 1865 plans. 1999 renovations. Used for opera, operetta, musical, and ballet performances by the resident opera and ballet companies. 940 seats.