Théâtre du Casino Grand Cercle [Aix-les-Bains]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Aix-les-Bains, France
description: theater in Aix-les-Bains @nl
alternative label: Théâtre du Casino Grand Cercle
EUTA building identifier: 1535
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: France
City: Aix-les-Bains
GPS: Point(5.9128 45.689)
Wikidata source: Q46698633
opening date: 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0069
Capacity: 900
Address: 3, avenue des Fleurs 73100 Aix-les-Bains
Web: plan-theatre
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/69393-Theatre-du-Casino-Grand-Cercle
type of operator: Municipal theatre operation
historical name: Théâtre Benno Besson @fr
Carthalia ID: 1178
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1899 by Henri Eustache (as a part of nearly constant rebuildings of the Casino from 1880 until 1909; the French premiere of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde took place in 1897 in the former theatre of the casino, built by Abel Boudier). Opened in June 1899. Since 1960, also known as Théâtre du Casino du palais de Savoie. 900 seats. The theatre still contains most of its original wooden stage machinery.