Municipal Theatre [Luzern]
type: Item
label: Luzerner Theater @nl
description: Theatre building in Luzern, Switzerland
description: theater in Luzern @nl
alternative label: Municipal Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1394
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Switzerland
GPS: Point(8.3062 47.0506)
Wikidata source: Q1727231
opening date: 1839-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 136274
Web: www.luzernertheater.ch
City: Luzern
Propertylabel: 220
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q186769
Carthalia ID: 194
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1838-1839 as Stadttheater by Louis Pfyffer von Wyher. Various minor rebuildings. 1924 severely damaged by a fire. Subsequently restored to altered plans, with only the original middle tract remaining. Also known as Theater an der Reuss. Used for opera, ballet and drama performances by the resident companies.