Musical Theatre of Besançon [Besançon, FR]
type: Item
label: Teatro di Besançon @it
description: Theatre building in Besançon, France
description: theater in Besançon, Frankrijk @nl
alternative label: Musical Theatre of Besançon
EUTA building identifier: 1019
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: Besançon
GPS: Point(6.0261 47.2344)
Wikidata source: Q3527615
Burnt down date: 1958-04-29T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1784-08-09T00:00:00Z
Address: 47 bis, rue Mégevand
Web: www.scenenationaledebesancon.fr
architect: Claude Nicolas Ledoux
Commons galery: Théâtre_municipal_de_Besançon
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/4526-Theatre-Ledoux
Carthalia ID: 1204
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1778-1784 as Théâtre by Claude Joseph Alexandre Bertrand, after 1775 designs by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, one of the most influential innovators of French Neoclassical architecture. The semicircular auditorium consisted of three semicircular tiers of seats and a curving colonnade of Doric columns. Like in the Bayreuth Festspielhaus (built nearly a hundred years later), a covered orchestra pit made the orchestra invisible from the auditorium. Opened 9 Aug 1784 with Piron's La Métromanie and Grétry's Le tableau parlant. 1836 restorations. 1857 restorations and interior alterations by Delacroix. Destroyed by a fire on 29 Apr 1958, leaving only the façade with its characteristic portico. Subsequently rebuilt to modern designs. Re-opened 1958. 1994 major interior rebuilding, renamed Opéra-Théâtre. Re-opened 11 Jan 1995 with a concert. Used for opera performances. Originally 2000 seats, after 1958: 1100 seats. Later renamed Théâtre Ledoux. One of the homes to the Scène nationale de Besançon.