Grillo-Theater [Essen]
type: Item
label: Grillo-Theater
description: Theatre building in Essen, Germany
description: theatergebouw of -zaal in Duitsland ontworpen door Heinrich Seeling @nl
EUTA building identifier: 679
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Essen
GPS: Point(7.0117 51.4546)
Wikidata source: Q71803
opening date: 1892-09-16T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137826
Web: schauspiel
architectural style: Baroque Revival architecture
architectural style: modern architecture
Propertylabel: 64
architect: Heinrich Seeling
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190139
Carthalia ID: 3275
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, II. p 31 ; Block plan, II. p. 31; General view, II. p. 31 ; Front elevation, II. PI. 63 ; Plan area, II. PI. 63 ; Plan 1st tier, II. PI. 64; Plan 2nd tier, II. PI. 64; Side elevation, II. PI. 65 ; Longitudinal section, II. PI. 65 ; Plan area, III. p. 27; Plan and section of orchestra, III. p. 64; III. p. 66; Staircase plans at entrance and 1st tier level, III. p. 84; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PI. opp. p. 62 ; Stage: Descriptive text, III. S. p. 79 ; Longitudinal section, III. S. p. 81 ; Plan of stage floor, III. S. p. 81 ; Cost and capacity, III. p. 17.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1890-1892 as Stadttheater by Heinrich Seeling. Opened 16 Sep 1892 with Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm. 750 seats. Severely damaged by bombs in 1944, with the auditorium and entrance tract completely destroyed. 1949-1950 rebuilding by Johannes Borsch and Wilhelm Seidensticker to new designs, using the stagehouse part of the former theatre, but without reconstructing the destroyed cupola roof. Re-opened 19 Dec 1950 with Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. 1990 interior rebuilding by Werner Ruhnau (400 seats). Re-opened Sep 1990 with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Renamed in honour of the German industrialist Friedrich Grillo (1825-1888) who had donated most of the funds for the original building. Used for drama performances by the resident municipal theatre company.