Malmö City Theatre () in

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, is the main theatre of Malmö.

History

The first theatre in Malmö, Malmö Teater, was built in 1808 but became out of use in 1938. The Malmö City Theatre was built by the architect Sigurd Lewerentz between 1932 and 1944. From its opening in 1944 and until 1992 it was one of

's leading city theatres. From the 1950s it was run by director

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

who staged a number of memorable and important productions with an ensemble which included popular "Bergman-actors" such as Bibi Andersson,

Harriet Andersson Harriet Andersson (born 14 February 1932) is a Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often plays impulsive, working class characters. Film actress Harriet Andersson began her ...

, Gunnel Lindblom,

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, Naima Wifstrand, Gertrud Fridh and

Ingrid Thulin Ingrid Lilian Thulin (; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress and director who collaborated with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish and in ...

. In 1992, the theatre was reorganized as ''Malmö Musik och Teater AB'', and finally in 1994 split in four independent companies: ''Malmö Dramatiska Teater AB'' (Malmö Dramatic Theatre), ''Malmö symfoniorkester AB'' (

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), ''Skånes Dansteater AB'' (

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Dance Theatre) and ''Malmö Musikteater AB'' (Malmö Music Theatre). While the first three of the group of four moved to other performance spaces, only the Malmö Music Theatre remained in the building. By the end of the 1990s it was renamed in its present form - the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre - and the stage is nowadays used solely as an

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External links

Malmö Opera and Music Theatre
(official site)
History of the old Malmö City Theatre at IngmarBergman.se
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