Victoria-Theater [Berlin]
type: Item
label: Victoria-Theater
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
description: theater in Berlijn @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1771
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
GPS: Point(13.4085 52.5243)
Wikidata source: Q2522680
opening date: 1859-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 206715.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 206716.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 206717.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 206718.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
EEConde: Berlin 21
Address: Münzstraße 20
closure date: 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
Postal Code: 10178
architect: Eduard Titz
architect: Carl Ferdinand Langhans
city section: Berlin-Mitte
Importance: Local importance
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Wikidata instance: Q64654999
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1701
Note: Built 1856-1859 by Eduard Titz (freely using designs by Carl Ferdinand Langhans) as a private theatre for Rudolph Cerf. Construction works stopped in 1858 because of financial problems. Subequently completed after a state intervention. The complex included two big auditoriums, Sommertheater (summer theatre, 1400 seats, opened 21 Dec 1859) and Wintertheater (winter theatre, 1432 seats, opened 1860), sharing a single stage. The two auditoriums and the stage could also be converted into a single big ballroom. Used for comedy, light drama, Italian opera, ballet, and revue performances. Also used as a guest venue, e. g. for gala performances of the Meiningen theatre, and the first Berlin performance of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen by Angelo Neumann's opera company in May 1881. Closed on 31 Mar 1891 for financial reasons. Subsequently demolished.