Municipal Theatre [Duisburg, DE]
type: Item
label: Architektonická soutěž na návrh městského divadla v Duisburgu @cs
label: Municipal Theatre
description: Theatre building in Duisburg, Germany
description: theater in Duisburg, Duitsland @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1844
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Duisburg
GPS: Point(6.7707 51.4349)
Wikidata source: Q1618570
Burnt down date: 1942-12-20T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1912-11-07T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365022.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365023.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365024.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365025.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365026.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364524.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364525.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364526.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364527.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364528.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364529.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364530.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364531.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364532.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364533.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137628
Web: start.php
architectural style: neoclassicism
Propertylabel: 60
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q184269
Carthalia ID: 1806
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1911-1912 by Martin Dülfer for the city of Duisburg. Opened 7 November 1912 with Schiller's Wallensteins Lager and the Festwiese scene from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Destroyed by bombs on 20 Dec 1942, with only the foyers and the exterior walls surviving. 1945-1945 safety measures. 1950-1951 auditorium rebuilding by Siegfried von Tilling (with only two instead of the original four balconies). 1951-1952 reconstruction of the stagehouse. Since 1956, home to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg opera company (together with the Opernhaus Düsseldorf). Re-opened 30 Sep 1956 with Verdi's Falstaff. 1983-1987 façade renovations and modernization of the stage technology. Originally 1652 seats, today 1118 seats.
IbsenStage venue id: 18928