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The Deutscher Bühnenverein is an organization representing 430 theatres, opera houses, drama, ballet and opera companies and orchestras in Germany. It is involved in artistic, legal, organisational and political questions relevant to its members and publishes annual reports. The Deutscher Bühnenverein is based in Cologne.
English page of the Deutscher Bühnenverein
The Deutscher Bühnenverein is an organization representing 430 theatres, opera houses, drama, ballet and opera companies and orchestras in Germany. It is involved in artistic, legal, organisational and political questions relevant to its members and publishes annual reports. The Deutscher Bühnenverein is based in Cologne.
History
It was started in Oldenburg in 1846 under its first presidentKarl Theodor von Küstner Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer
* Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...
, of the Königliches Schauspiel in Berlin. The Nazi Propaganda Ministry banned it in 1935 and it was not re-founded until 1947. In 1990, the East German Deutscher Bühnenbund
Deutscher is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alma Deutscher, British musician and composer
*Drafi Deutscher, German singer and composer
* Guy Deutscher (linguist)
* Guy Deutscher (physicist)
* Isaac Deutscher, British ...
merged with the Bühnenverein.
Functions
As an association of artists' employers, the Bühnenverein negotiates with trade unions about both pay and working conditions and is involved in arbitration. It also looks after the interests of German arts organizations at international level and with regard to European Union legislation. The President since 2003 is Klaus Zehelein, currently director of the Bayerische Theaterakademie. The director and chief executive officer since 1992 is Rolf Bolwin. There are eight federal state associations. The Bühnenverein publishes annual reports which include exhaustive statistics, not only on German theatre organizations, but also those of Austria andSwitzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
External links
English page of the Deutscher Bühnenverein
See also
* Opera America for the equivalent organization in the United States. {{DEFAULTSORT:Deutscher Buhnenverein Opera organizations Music organisations based in Germany