The Timisoara National Theatre [Timisoara, RO]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Timisoara, Romania
description: Timisoara Opera en Theatersgebouw @nl
alternative label: The Timisoara National Theatre
alternative label: Franz Josef Theater
EUTA building identifier: 1454
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Romania
City: Timisoara
GPS: Point(21.226 45.7543)
Wikidata source: Q1969430
Burnt down date: 1880-04-30T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1882-12-12T00:00:00Z
Web: www.ort.ro
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Hermann Helmer
Redevelopment date: 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 733
Wikidata instance: Q358
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 645
Modern Opera Houses ID: 514
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1871-1875 as Stadttheater/Ferenc József szinház for the Theater-, Hotel- und Redoutenbau AG by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. Opened 22 September 1875 with the Hungarian drama Nöuralom, and 25 September 1875 with Meyerbeer's opera Robert le Diable (in German). Destroyed by a fire on 30 April 1882. Re-built 1881-1882 for the city of Temeschburg/Temesvár, again by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. Re-opened 12 December 1882 with a Hungarian performance, and 15 December 1882 with Moser's Krieg und Frieden. Stage house destroyed by a fire 1919. Subsequently re-built and altered (new façade, interior alterations) by Marcu Duiliu. 711 seats.