Small Court Theatre [Dresden]
type: Item
label: Small Court Theatre
description: Theatre building in Dresden, Germany
EUTA building identifier: 1005
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
GPS: Point(13.7366 51.0543)
Wikidata source: Q1644444
opening date: 1755-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1761-01-01T00:00:00Z
City: Dresden
time frame: Baroque
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 1780
Modern Opera Houses index: Subsidy of, III. p. 4 ; Cost and dimen­sions, III. p. 17.
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1755 by Julius Heinrich Schwarze and Christian Gottlieb Reuß for the impresario Moretti. Named Kleines Hoftheater [small court theatre] to distinguish it from the Großes Opernhaus am Zwinger (built 1718-1719, converted in to a concert hall in 1772, destroyed by a fire in 1849). Originally built from wood, rebuilt 1761 fro m stone. After 1772, the Kleines Hoftheater became the main venue for opera and theatre performances in Dresden. Demolished 1841 after Semper's first Hoftheater (built 1838-1841, destroyed by a fire in 1869) was opened at another site (directly neighbouring the Kleines Hoftheater) on Theaterplatz.