Amsterdam Municipal Theatre [Amsterdam]
type: Item
label: Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam @nl
label: Stadsschouwburg (Amsterdam) @it
description: Theatre building in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, opened in 1890
description: theatergebouw en Rijksmonument aan het Leidseplein in Amsterdam @nl
alternative label: Amsterdam Municipal Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 900
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: The Netherlands
GPS: Point(4.882 52.3642)
Wikidata source: Q1817103
opening date: 1894-09-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1774-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 132272
Capacity: 750
Address: Marnixstraat 429
Web: www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
architect: Jan Springer
architect: Frits van Gendt
architect: Jacobus Bernardus Springer
City: Amsterdam
Postal Code: 1017 PT
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190583
Carthalia ID: 490
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, I. pp. 47, 48 ; Block plan, I. p. 47 ; General view, I. p. 47 ; View of fire service turret, I. p. 48 ; Front elevation, I. PI. 69 ; Side eleva­tion, I. PI. 70; Plan ground level, I. PI. 70; Plan 1st tier, I. PI. 71 ; Plan 2nd tier, I. PI. 72 ; Plan 3rd tier, I. PI. 72 ; Longitudinal section, I. PL 71 ; Transverse section, I. PI. 69; Sketch plan of auditorium, III. opp. p. 61 ; Diagram of box-front line, III. p. 63 ; Plan of ceiling supports, III. p. 75 ; Passenger service lift, plan and sections, III. p. 94 ; Property service lift, plan and sections, III. p. 94; Fire-resisting curtain, plan, eleva­tion and sections, III. p. 117 ; Elevation of proscenium frame,- III. PI. opp. p. 73 ; Stage: Descriptive text, III. S. pp. 37-39; Plan of stage floor, III. S. p. 37 ; Longitudinal section, III. S. p. 38 ; Transverse Section, III. S. p. 38 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 16; References, III. pp. 86, 117.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Municipal theatre, built 1892-1892 by J. B. Springer, A. E. van Gendt and Jan L. Springer, on the site of a previous Stadsschouwburg theatre (built 1774, destroyed by fire in 1890). Opened 1 Sep 1894 with Beethoven's Ouverture Die Weihe des Hauses, H. J. Schjimmel's In de Directiekamer, and the castle scene from Gijsbreght van Aemstel. 2005-2008 major rebuilding and renovations. Since 2018, operated as one of the venues of Internationaal Theater Amsterdam.