Mannheim Court Theatre [Mannheim, DE]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Mannheim, Germany
description: theater in Mannheim @nl
alternative label: Mannheim Court Theatre
alternative label: Opernhaus
EUTA building identifier: 1243
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Mannheim
GPS: Point(8.4624 49.4863)
Wikidata source: Q45343393
opening date: 1777-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Internal image: Altes Nationaltheater Mannheim Zuschauerraum 1934.jpg
demolished: 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: B 3 (Schillerplatz), Mannheim
architect: Lorenzo Quaglio
time frame: Baroque
Burnt down date: 1795-11-13T00:00:00Z
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 388
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 2015
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built in 1776-1777 as Comödien- und Redoutenhaus for Kurfürst Carl Theodor von der Pfalz by Lorenzo Quaglio as a rebuilding of an early 18th century warehouse. The complex contained a theatre and a concert hall. Opened 6 Jan 1777 with Johann Christian Bock's comedy Geschwind, ehe es jemand erfährt (after Goldoni). Subsequently used by touring theatre companies. Re-opened 7 October 1779 as Nationaltheater with a permanent ensemble, again with Bock's Geschwind, ehe es jemand erfährt. 1801 renamed Hof- und Nationaltheater. 1853-1855 exterior and interior rebuilding by Joseph Mühldorfer (1305 seats). 1899 electrification. 1901-1902 renovations and modernization. 1934 rebuilding of the stagehouse. 1937 rebuilding of roof. Destroyed by bombs on 5 September 1943. - [Not reconstructed due to insufficent space for a modern theatre within the 18th century building. Hence, a new Nationaltheater was built in 1952 on another site at Goetheplatz. Today, the B3 quarter is a park called Schillerplatz, still decorated by the Friedrich Schiller monument that had been located in front of the theatre entrance since 1862.]