Opera House of Magdeburg Theatre [Magdeburg, DE]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Magdeburg, Germany
description: Duits nationaal monument in Magdeburg @nl
alternative label: Opera House of Magdeburg Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1895
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Magdeburg
GPS: Point(11.6386 52.1374)
Burnt down date: 1945-01-16T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1990-05-20T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
Web: www.theater-magdeburg.de
Propertylabel: 107
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata source: Q113485964
Carthalia ID: 2006
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1906-1907 as Zentral-Theater by W. Fischer. Opened 1907 as a private variety theatre. Also used for operetta performances. 1556 seats. Destroyed by bombs on 16 Jan 1945. - 1947-1951 rebuilding to simplified plans. Re-opened 20 Dec 1951 with Ernst Fischer's Der große Verrat. Renamed Maxim-Gorki-Theater in honour of the Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). 1984 reconstruction. Ca. 1990 renamed Theater der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg. Stagehouse destroyed by a fire on 20 May 1990. 1993-1997 rebuilding and extension. Re-opened 4 oct 1997 with Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Later renamed Opernhaus. Used for opera performances by the resident Theater Magdeburg opera company. 904 seats.