Theater Kiel is a theatre company in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is jointly funded by the city and the state. The company produces opera, musical, ballet, plays, and theatre for youth and children, in three different buildings: the Opernhaus (completed in 1907), the ', and the '.

History

The theatre dates its history to 1907, when the opera house was completed. Former names include ' (Stages of the state capital Kiel) and ' (State Theatre Kiel). Associated people as of 2014 are general director , director of music Georg Fritzsch, commercial director Jörn Sturm, director of opera

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, director of children's and youth theater Norbert Aust, directors of ballet Yaroslav Ivanenko and Heather Jurgensen. The theatre is supported by the ' (Association of the friends of the theatre in Kiel), the ' (Friends of Music Kiel), and the ' (Stage of the people Kiel), who all organize numerous events.

Buildings

Opernhaus Kiel

The Kiel Opera House () is the city's major venue for opera, ballet, and orchestral performances. It was designed by architect

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and built from 1905 to 1907. Aerial bombings destroyed much of the original structure in 1942 and 1943, and architects Henry Hansen and Guido Widmann were later brought in to restore the theatre from 1952 to 1953.

Schauspielhaus

Theater im Werftpark

Performances

The first performance of Theater Kiel was Beethoven's '' Fidelio'' on 1 October 1907. In 1988, the theatre was part of the co-commission of the opera '' The Making of the Representative for Planet 8'' by

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, together with the English National Opera,

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, and Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam. In the season 2007/2008, Theater Kiel celebrated its 100th anniversary. In addition to the program during the season, a summer event was held. The second opera by Cristóbal Halffter, ''Lázaro'', was premiered on 4 May 2008 at the Kiel Opera House as part of the celebration. In 2010, the first large scale stage work Márton Illés, ', was co-produced with the Munich Biennale. It premiered at the

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, and was repeated in Kiel in May and June. An open-air performance of Puccini's '' Tosca'' was presented at the Kiel Town Hall Square in 2012.

References

External links

Theater Kiel
Official Website
Oper Kiel
Official Website {{Authority control Theatres in Germany Buildings and structures in Kiel Theatres completed in 1907