Kroll Opera House [Berlin, DE]
Teatro Kroll
Ópera Kroll
Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
operagebouw in Berlijn, Duitsland
Kroll Opera House
Built 1843-1844 as the entertainment venue Krollscher Wintergarten (also known as Etablissment Kroll) by Ludwig Persius and Carl Ferdinand Langhans for the restaurant owner Joseph Kroll, on a site donated by king Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Opened 15 Feb 1844. The complex included three large halls (Königsaal a.o.), a large veranda, a basement hall, and 14 function rooms. Total capacity: 5000 guests. Used as a restaurant, for balls, and for concerts by a resident orchestra. - 1850 addition of a garden theatre by Eduard Titz. Opened 27 June 1850 as Sommertheater in Kroll's Garten. Garden theatre demolished in 1856.
Burnt at 10 p.m., through a leakage from a gas pipe.