The Theater Erfurt is a German municipal theatre located in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

, the capital of

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

. The main stage is in a building in the Brühlervorstadt, completed in 2003. The theatre offers musical theatre and concerts, played by the Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt. Ballet and plays are offered by guest performances. The company organizes the annual open air festival '' DomStufen''. The theatre's current ''Generalintendant'', Guy Montavon, has held the post since 2002.

Stages

The main venue is in a new house, ''Großes Haus''. The large hall seats 840 visitors, a ''Studio'' 200 visitors, which can be reduces as ''Salon im Studio'' for events for up to 100 people. The courtyard holds the stage ''Theatrium''. Events can also be held in the rehearsal hall for the orchestra. The festival ''DomStufen'' takes place on the ''Domplatz'' (Cathedral Square) of Erfurt, seating up to 2000 spectators. The company also holds events at the ''Rathaus'' (Town Hall) and the ''Thomaskirche''.

Premieres

Montavon has initiated a program of one premiere per season, including:

Revivals

Another focus of the program are revivals of forgotten operas, including:

General Music Directors (''Generalmusikdirektoren'')

* Balduin Zimmermann (1894–1904) * (1905) * Camillo Hildebrand (1909–1910) * Paul Wolff (1911) * Toni Hoff (1912) * Paul Weißleder (1913) * Richard Fitsch (1915–1919) * Gustav Großmann (1920–1923) *

Franz Jung Franz Josef Johannes Konrad Jung (26 November 1888, Neisse, Upper Silesia – 21 January 1963, Stuttgart) was a writer, economist and political activist in Germany. He also wrote under the names Franz Larsz and Frank Ryberg. He grew up in Neisse ...

(1924–1952) * (1953–1956) * Walter König (1957) * (1958–1988) * (1989–1999) * (2000–2012) *

Joana Mallwitz Joana Mallwitz (born 1986 in Hildesheim) is a German conductor and pianist. Biography Mallwitz began to study violin at age 3, and piano at age 5. At age 14, she became a pupil of Christa-Maria Hartmann and Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. She continued ...

(2014–2018) *

Myron Michailidis Myron Michailidis ( el, Μύρων Μιχαηλίδης) is a Greek conductor, since 2018 Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of both the Erfurt Opera & the Philharmonic Orchestra of Erfurt in Germany.''The Greek conductor Myron Michailidis will be the ...

(2018–present) In 2014,

was the first woman conductor named to the post of ''Generalmusikdirektorin'' (GMD) in the institution's history and at the time of her advent to the post, the youngest GMD of a German opera house. She concluded her Erfurt tenure at the close of the 2017-2018 season. The current interim GMD of the company is

, since 2018. Michailidis is scheduled to stand down as GMD in 2022. In July 2021, the company announced the appointment of Alexander Prior as its next GMD, effective with the 2022-2023 season.

Discography

* ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', Karl Reinthaler, label: cpo * ''Der leuchtende Fluss'',

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, label: Quinton * ''Nana'',

Manfred Gurlitt Manfred Gurlitt (6 September 1890 – 29 April 1972) was a German opera composer and conductor. He studied composition with Engelbert Humperdinck and conducting with Karl Muck. He spent most of his career in Japan. Life Manfred Ludwig Hugo A ...

, label: capriccio

References

External links

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Erfurter DomStufen-Festspiele

Theatergesellschaft Erfurt
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