Town Theatre [Kaliningrad, RU]
type: Item
label: Town Theatre
description: Theatre building in Kaliningrad, Russia
description: theater in Kaliningrad @nl
EUTA building identifier: 2001
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Russia
City: Kaliningrad
GPS: Point(20.51 54.71)
Wikidata source: Q1456017
opening date: 1808-07-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1797-10-27T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1808-07-01T00:00:00Z
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 308
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2172
Modern Opera Houses ID: 20
Note: ii)
Note: Built 1805-1808 by Johann Valerian Theodor Müller for a Königsberg citizens' society, Theater-Aktien-Gesellschaft, on the site of the ruins of the Garnisonskirche church. Opened 29 April 1808 with Mozart's La clemenza di Tito. Destroyed by a fire on 9 December 1808. Subsequently rebuilt. Re-opened 9 December 1809 with Friedrich Himmel's opera Fanchon, das Leiermädchen. 1912 rebuilding by Klage. Used as a military hospital during World War I. Originally 1400 seats, later 1550 seats. Destroyed by bombs in Aug 1944.
reopening date: 1809-12-09T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
IbsenStage venue id: 15760