The Volkstheater Rostock ( en, Rostock People's Theatre, link=no) is the municipal

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of the

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Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

. It has three venues: the ''Großes Haus'', the ''Theater im Stadthafen'' and the ''Kleine Komödie'' and puts on

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and orchestral concerts.

Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock The Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, based in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, is the state's largest symphony orchestra and also the orchestra of the Volkstheater Rostock. Founded in 1897, the orchestra grew to 90 musicians by 1991. Th ...

is the orchestra for musical theatre and concerts. There is a children's theatre and a theatre youth club.

History

Prior to World War II, the

Stadttheater Rostock The Stadttheater Rostock, sometimes referred to as the Rostocker Stadttheater, was a theatre in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Designed by architect Heinrich Seeling, it was built in 1894. The theatre opened to the public in 1895, and wa ...

was the major municipal theatre in the city of Rostock from its opening in 1895 until its destruction in an air raid in 1942. The Volkstheater Rostock was established in 1951 as a means of restarting a municipal theatre company in the city. To this end the Philharmonie, the concert hall of the

, was repurposed as the new home of the Volkstheater Rostock. That space, now the Theater im Stadthafen, underwent several renovations to accommodate its new more varied performance needs.

Literature

* Hansestadt Rostock, Presseamt (Hrsg.): ''Das musikalische Spielplanverzeichnis des Stadttheaters Rostock von 1786 bis 1944''. 2 Bände. Hansestadt Rostock, Rostock 1999. * Renate Meyer-Braun: ''Löcher im Eisernen Vorhang. Theateraustausch zwischen Bremen und Rostock während des Kalten Krieges (1956–1961): Ein Stück deutsch-deutscher Nachkriegsgeschichte''. trafo, Berlin 2007. * Michael Pietschmann: ''„Aus deinem Reiche muß ich fliehn – O Königin, Göttin! Laß mich ziehn!“: Wagners Werke am Stadttheater in Rostock''. Tectum, Marburg 2002. * Redieck & Schade GbR Rostock (Hrsg.): ''Redieck & Schade präsentieren Theater! Aus der Geschichte der Rostocker Bühnen''. Norddeutscher Hochschulschriftenverlag, Rostock 1995. * Freunde und Förderer Volkstheater Rostock (Hrsg.): ''Bauten und Projekte für das Theater der Hansestadt Rostock 1895–2005''. Volkstheater, Rostock 2005. * Wilhelm Schacht: ''Zur Geschichte des Rostocker Theaters (1756–1791)''. Adler, Rostock 1908.

References

External links

* * (in German) PeoplesTheatre Culture of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Theatre companies in Germany Opera houses in Germany {{MecklenburgVorpommern-geo-stub