Landestheater Mecklenburg [Neustrelitz]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Neustrelitz, Germany
description: Duits nationaal monument in Neustrelitz @nl
alternative label: Landestheater Mecklenburg
EUTA building identifier: 1312
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Neustrelitz
GPS: Point(13.0549 53.359)
Wikidata source: Q1457940
opening date: 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366292.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 366293.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
architect: Max Littmann
Propertylabel: 123
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2050
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1926-1928 as Landestheater by Max Littmann with Heinrich Düll, Georg Pezold, Hugo Schimmel, May Sollinger, and Matthias Teller for the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on the site of a previous Landestheater (destroyed by fire in 1924). Opened 2 June 1928 with Mozart's Così fan tutte. Interior destroyed by acts of war in April 1945. 1952-1954 rebuilding by G. Böckler, E. Conell, and F. Torka. Renamed Friedrich-Wolf-Theater in honour of the German playwright, Friedrich Wolf (1888-1953). After 1990, renamed Landestheater Mecklenburg. From 2000, used as one of the homes of the Theater und Orchester Neubrandenburg/Neustrelitz and renamed Landestheater Neustrelitz. Used for opera and drama performances by the resident companies. 399 seats.