Staatstheater Nürnberg
The Staatstheater Nürnberg is a German theatre company in Nuremberg, Bavaria. The theatre is one of four Bavarian state theatres and shows operas, plays, ballets and concerts. Until 1 January 2005, it was the Städtische Bühnen Nürnberg (municipal stages)
 Aerial of Schauspielhaus and Opernhaus | |
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| Address | Nürnberg Germany |
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| Coordinates | 49°26′47″N 11°04′31″E |
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| Opened | 1905 |
| Architect | Heinrich Seeling |
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Its main venue, the opera house (Opernhaus Nürnberg), is one of the largest theatres in German. It was built from 1903 to 1905 in Art Nouveau style by the architect Heinrich Seeling. Other venues are the play house (Schauspielhaus Nürnberg) including the small stages Kammerspiele and BlueBox, and the Meistersingerhalle where the concerts of the orchestra (the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg) are held.
Since 2018, the company's Generalmusikdirektorin (General Music Director) is Joana Mallwitz. Her initial contract, announced in October 2017, is for 5 years.[1] She is the first female conductor to be named GMD of the company.[2]
General Music Directors
- Ferdinand Wagner (1923–1925)
- Bertil Wetzelsberger (1925–1938)
- Alfons Dressel (1938–1946)
- Rolf Agop (1946–1948)
- Alfons Dressel (1948–1955)
- Erich Riede (1956–1964)
- Hans Gierster (1965–1988)
- Christian Thielemann (1988–1992)
- Eberhard Kloke (1993–1998)
- Philippe Auguin (1998–2005)
- Christof Prick (2006–2011)
- Marcus Bosch (2011–2018)
- Joana Mallwitz (2018–present)
References
- "Joana Mallwitz ab 2018/2019 GMD am Staatstheater Nurnberg - Zum ersten Mal wird eine Frau Orchesterchefin in Nürnberg" (Press release). Staatstheater Nurnberg. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- Wolfgang Schicker (2017-10-24). "Neubesetzung am Staatstheater Nürnberg: Joana Mallwitz wird Generalmusikdirektorin". BR-Klassik. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
Literature
- Jens Voskamp u. a. (2005), Staatstheater Nürnberg (ed.), Staatstheater Nürnberg 1905–2005: Opernhaus, Staatsoper; Vom Neuen Stadttheater am Ring zum Staatstheater (in German), Nürnberg: Müller, ISBN 3-924773-12-2
- Dieter Stoll u. a. (2010), Stiftung Staatstheater Nürnberg (ed.), Das neue Schauspielhaus Nürnberg: Vom „Ami-Kino“ zum Ensemble-Theater (in German), Nürnberg: Henschel, ISBN 3-89487-674-3
- E. Weber (1905), Zur Einweihung des neuen Stadttheaters in Nürnberg am 1. September 1905 (in German), Nürnberg: Tümmels Verlag
