National Theatre [Mannheim]
type: Item
label: National Theater Mannheim @nl
label: National Theatre Mannheim @it
description: Theatre building in Mannheim, Germany
description: bouwwerk in Duitsland @nl
alternative label: National Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1898
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Mannheim
GPS: Point(8.4776 49.4882)
opening date: 1957-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 108345.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137945
Capacity: 2000
Web: www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata source: Q113044305
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q187311
Carthalia ID: 2
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: [After the destruction of the old Nationaltheater in World War II, this theatre was built on another site.] - Built 1955-1957 by Gerhard Weber. The complex includes two theatres, Großes Haus to the right (1201 seats) and Kleines Haus to the left (580-805 seats depending on chosen seating scheme), sharing a common ground floor foyer in the middle. Opened 13 January 1957 with Schiller's Die Räuber (Kleines Haus) and Weber's Der Freischütz (Großes Haus). 1989 Großes Haus renamed Opernhaus, Kleines Haus renamed Schauspielhaus. 1992-1994 renovations and addition of a second fly tower for the Schauspielhaus.