Comic Opera [Berlin]
Komische Oper Berlin
Ópera Cómica de Berlín
Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
operagebouw in Duitsland
Comic Opera
1934 nationalized and renamed Staatliches Operettentheater. Subsequently operated as part of the Nazi Kraft durch Freude programme. Stagehouse damaged by bombs on 7 May 1944. Subsequently provisional repair works. Façade, entrance hall, and auditorium ceiling painting destroyed by bombs on 9 Mar 1945.1898 minor interior renovations. Re-opened 3 Sep 1898 as Metropol-Theater with Julius Freund's revue Paradies der Frauen (music by Julius Einödshofer and Bertrand Sänger). Subsequently used as a variety theatre. 1928 alterations and technical modernization by Alfred Grenander. Closed 1933. Built 1891-1892 as Theater Unter den Linden by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer for Aktien-Bauverein Unter den Linden. Auditorium sculptures by Theodor Friedl. Opened 24 Sep 1892 with Adolf Ferron's operetta Daphne and Gaul and Haßreiter's ballet Die Welt in Bild und Tanz. Used mainly as an operetta theatre, and for various events and balls. Stalls: 800 seats; balconies and various en-suite dinner rooms: ca. 1700 seats. Closed 1896 after the directors went bankrupt.