Corso-Theater [Zurich]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Zurich, Switzerland
description: theater in Zürich @nl
alternative label: Corso-Theater
EUTA building identifier: 1710
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
Wikidata source: Q29933661
GPS: Point(8.5467 47.3664)
Address: Theaterstrasse 10, 8001 Zürich
Propertylabel: 237
opening date: 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 211
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1898-1900 by Hermann Stadler and Emil Usteri for Saalbaugesellschaft Zürich. Opened 17 Apr 1900. Used as a variety theatre. 1933-1934 major rebuilding by Ernst F. Burckhardt und Karl Knell (1300 seats). 1941 auditorium rebuilding by H. S. Herbst and Emilio Vollmer. 1947 converted into a cinema by Carl Winteler, reopened 1 Nov 1947 (750 seats). Subsequently only occasionally used for live theatre.
closure date: 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z