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Theater Bonn (also known as the Stadttheater Bonn) is the municipal theatre company of
The history of theatre in Bonn dates back to the time of the electors. End of the 17th century, a court theatre was established at the Electoral Palace, where French and Italian troupes played. In the 18th century, an amateur theatre was established for German plays (''Nationaltheater''), directed by Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann from 1778 to 1784, who staged the premiere of Schiller's '' Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua'' on 20 July 1783. The new French government destroyed the court theatre in 1797.
In 1826, citizens built their own play house. A new building was opened in 1848, marked by Beethoven's overture '' Die Weihe des Hauses'' (The Consecration of the House). The house became the municipal theatre in 1859, with performances by the Cologne theatre. Bonn dates the history of its responsibility for the theatre back to that year. The Bonn theatre operated with its own ensemble for plays from 1902, for opera from 1935. The theatre was destroyed by bombing during
Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
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Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
, Germany. It is an organization that produces opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...
s, musicals
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...
, ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
s, plays
Play most commonly refers to:
* Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment
* Play (theatre), a work of drama
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* Pla ...
, and concert
A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety a ...
s. It operates several performance venues throughout the town: for music theatre, the and for plays, and the Choreographisches Theater for ballet and dance.
History
The history of theatre in Bonn dates back to the time of the electors. End of the 17th century, a court theatre was established at the Electoral Palace, where French and Italian troupes played. In the 18th century, an amateur theatre was established for German plays (''Nationaltheater''), directed by Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann from 1778 to 1784, who staged the premiere of Schiller's '' Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua'' on 20 July 1783. The new French government destroyed the court theatre in 1797.
In 1826, citizens built their own play house. A new building was opened in 1848, marked by Beethoven's overture '' Die Weihe des Hauses'' (The Consecration of the House). The house became the municipal theatre in 1859, with performances by the Cologne theatre. Bonn dates the history of its responsibility for the theatre back to that year. The Bonn theatre operated with its own ensemble for plays from 1902, for opera from 1935. The theatre was destroyed by bombing during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
in July 1943.
After World War II, temporary venues for theatre were a university hall, a gymnasium, a cinema, and the ''Prachtbau'' of the , completed in 1909. In 1965, a new theatre was opened on the Rhine which serves as today's opera house. Intendant
An intendant (; pt, intendente ; es, intendente ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In ...
focused on works by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
, continued by his successor (1970–1981). Intendant Claude Riber Claude may refer to:
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* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etch ...
invited international singers to perform opera, while plays focused on Austrian contemporary drama, initiated by .
Plays are performed in three venues: the , the , and the ''Werkstatt'' (workshop) in the opera house. Venues for experimental theatre and children's theatre are the ''Alter Malersaal'' and the Beuel area. , Generalintendant from 1997 for eleven years, organized from 1992 with the dramatist Tankred Dorst
Tankred Dorst (19 December 1925 – 1 June 2017) was a German playwright and storyteller.
Dorst lived and worked in Munich. His farces, parables, one-act-plays and adaptations were inspired by the theatre of the absurd and the works of Ionesco ...
a biennial festival for European contemporary theatre, ''Festival Bonner Biennale – Neue Stücke aus Europa''. From 2013, Bernhard Helmich
Bernhard Helmich (born 13 August 1962) is a German theatre manager.
Activities
Born in Idar-Oberstein, from 1981 to 1987 Helmich studied musical theatre directing with Götz Friedrich as well as literature and musicology in Cologne and Hamburg; ...
has been Generalintendant. The Theater Bonn collaborates with the festival Beethovenfest
The Beethovenfest (Beethoven Festival) is a festival of classical music in Bonn, Germany, dedicated mostly to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven who was born there. It dates back to 1845, when the composer's 75th anniversary of birth was celebrat ...
.
Literature
* , Gérard Schneilin (ed.): ''Theaterlexikon 1. Begriffe und Epochen, Bühnen und Ensembles.'' Rowohlts Enzyklopädie im Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1986, 5th edition, 2007, .References
External links
*Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
{{Theatre companies in Germany German opera companies Organisations based in Bonn Theatres in Bonn Theatre companies in Germany