Burgtheater





Coordinates: 48°12′37″N 16°21′40″E / 48.210182°N 16.361185°E / 48.210182; 16.361185




Burgtheater


The Burgtheater (en: (Imperial) Court Theatre), originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna, the most important German language theatre and one of the most important theatres in the world.
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The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the Viennese population;[1] its theatre company of more or less regular members has created a traditional style and speech typical of Burgtheater performances.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Directors of the Burgtheater


  • 3 The theatre and its actors


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History




The old Burgtheater (before 1888)




Burgtheater (right after its construction)




Burgtheater (side)




Detail of Facade of Burgtheater




Burgtheater (Main entrance)


The theatre opened on 14 March 1741, the creation of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria who wanted a theatre next to her palace. Her son, Emperor Joseph II, called it the "German National Theatre" in 1776. Three Mozart operas premiered there: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782), Le nozze di Figaro (1786) and Così fan tutte (1790), as well as his Piano Concerto #24 in C Minor (1786). Beginning in 1794, the theatre was called the "K.K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg". Beethoven's 1st Symphony premiered there on 2 April 1800. The last performance, in October 1888, was of Goethe’s Iphigenie auf Tauris[2][3]


The theatre's first building adjoined the Hofburg at Michaelerplatz, opposite St. Michael's Church. The theatre was moved to a new building at the Ringstraße on 14 October 1888 designed by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer, and St. Michael's Wing of the Hofburg Palace was erected at the vacated site.


In 1943, under Nazi rule, a notoriously extreme production of The Merchant of Venice was staged at the Burgtheater - with Werner Krauss as Shylock, one of several theatre and film roles by this actor pandering to antisemitic stereotypes.


On 12 March 1945 the Burgtheater was largely destroyed in a bombing raid, and one month later, on 12 April 1945, it was further damaged by a fire of unknown origin.[1] After the war, the theatre was restored between 1953 and 1955.[1] The classic Burgtheater style and the Burgtheater-German language were trend-setting for German language theatres.



Directors of the Burgtheater



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Before 1776 the theatre had been leased from the state by Johann Koháry. The tenant of the theatre Johann Koháry came into financial difficulties in 1773, he got in 1773 Joseph Keglevich as a curator to his side, the director of the theatre Wenzel Sporck, who was the great nephew of Franz Anton Sporck, who had brought the french horn and Antonio Vivaldi to Prague, got a committee for financing under the chairman Franz Keglevich as his assistance in 1773 and Karl Keglevich became the director of the Theater am Kärntnertor in 1773 to have comparative figures. The curator Joseph Keglevich declared the bankruptcy of the theatre in 1776 and the state under Joseph II took over the theatre again in 1776. The director of the theatre Wenzel Sporck and the chairman of the committee for financing the theatre Franz Keglevich were released of their duties in 1776 and the University of Trnava, which rector was Alexander Keglevich in the year 1770/71, got the permission to move into the Buda Castle. Until 1776 the theatre had been financed de facto, but not de jure, by the University of Trnava of the Society of Jesus, which were suppressed by the order of Pope Clement XIV in 1773, therefore it is difficult to determine who the actual director was and therefore the suspicion that the same surnames were no coincidence, however, did not constitute a kinship, but a financial intelligence for purchased exams and for identifying of high-risk housing tenants. Francis II decided on 4 July 1792 to let out the theatre to lease again, but it was not possible to find any tenant, therefore it was not permitted to the directors of the Burgtheater as state employees to bow to the audience, because their performance was not over, because there was no new tenant. The benchmark for the directors became the finances of the house. Finally, Ferdinánd Pálffy became the tenant 1794-1817, his finances had come from the mining institute in Banská Štiavnica the first technical university in the world.[4][5][6][7][8]































































































































































































































Name
Start
 End 
Joint direction by 15-22 senior
members (Künstlerrepublik)
1776
1789

Franz Carl Hieronymus Brockmann
1790
1790
Direction by 5 senior members
(Regiekollegium)
1790
1794

Peter von Braun
1794
1806
Direction by a group of senior courtiers
(initially 8) (Kavaliersdirektion)
1807
1817

Joseph Schreyvogel
1814
1832

Johann Ludwig Deinhardstein
1832
1841

Franz Ignaz von Holbein
1841
1849

Heinrich Laube
1849
1867

Friedrich Halm (pseudonym of
Eligius Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen)
1867
1868

August Wolff
1868
1870

Franz Freiherr von Dingelstedt
1870
1881

Adolf von Wilbrandt
1881
1887

Adolf von Sonnenthal
1887
1888

August Förster
1888
1889

Adolf von Sonnenthal
1889
1890

Max Burckhard
1890
1898

Paul Schlenther
1898
1910

Alfred Freiherr von Berger
1910
1912

Hugo Thimig
1912
1917

Max von Millenkovich
1917
1918
Joint direction by Hermann Bahr, Max Devrient
and Robert Michel (Dreierkollegium)
1918
1918

Albert Heine
1918
1921

Anton Wildgans
1921
1922

Max Paulsen
1922
1923

Franz Herterich
1923
1930

Anton Wildgans
1930
1931

Hermann Röbbeling
1932
1938

Mirko Jelusich
1938
1938

Ulrich Bettac
1938
1939

Lothar Müthel
1939
1945

Raoul Aslan
1945
1948

Erhard Buschbeck
1948
1948

Josef Gielen
1948
1954

Adolf Rott
1954
1959

Ernst Haeusserman
1959
1968

Paul Hoffmann
1968
1971

Gerhard Klingenberg
1971
1976

Achim Benning
1976
1986

Claus Peymann
1986
1999

Klaus Bachler
1999
2009

Matthias Hartmann
2009
2014

Karin Bergmann
2014



The theatre and its actors


The Burgtheater remained a strongly traditional stage with a distinct culture until the late 1960s. From the early 1970s on, it became a venue for some of Europe's most important stage director and designers. With many debut performances of plays written by Thomas Bernhard, Elfriede Jelinek, Peter Handke, Peter Turrini and George Tabori, Claus Peymann managed to affirm the Burgtheater's reputation as one of Europe's foremost stages.


Among the best known actors in the ensemble of about 120 members are: Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Kirsten Dene, Andrea Clausen, Bruno Ganz, Karlheinz Hackl, Robert Meyer, Gertraud Jesserer, August Diehl, Jutta Lampe, Susanne Lothar, Michael Maertens, Tamara Metelka, Birgit Minichmayr, Nicholas Ofczarek, Hedwig Pistorius, Elisabeth Orth, Martin Schwab, Peter Simonischek, Ulrich Tukur, Franz Tscherne and Gert Voss.


Some famous former members of the ensemble were Max Devrient, Josef Kainz, Josef Lewinsky, Joseph Schreyvogel, Adolf von Sonnenthal, Charlotte Wolter, Ludwig Gabillon, Zerline Gabillon, Attila Hörbiger, Paula Wessely, Curd Jürgens, O. W. Fischer, Paul Hörbiger, Otto Tausig, Peter Weck, Fritz Muliar, and Christoph Waltz. Particularly deserving artists may be designated honorable members. Their names are engraved in marble at the bottom end of the ceremonial stairs at the side of the theatre facing the Volksgarten. Members of honor include: Annemarie Düringer, Wolfgang Gasser, Heinrich Schweiger, Gusti Wolf, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Michael Heltau.


The Burgtheater has seen productions staged by directors like Otto Schenk, Peter Hall, Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Hans Neuenfels, Terry Hands, Jonathan Miller, Peter Zadek, Paulus Manker, Luc Bondy, Christoph Schlingensief, and Thomas Vinterberg. Among the staged and costume designers were Fritz Wotruba, Luciano Damiani, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Ezio Frigerio, Franca Squarciapino, Josef Svoboda, Anselm Kiefer, Moidele Bickel, and Milena Canonero.


Notable performances: The world premiere of "Des Feux dans la Nuit" in 1999 at the Burgtheater; was the first solo created for a man by internationally acclaimed choreographer Marie Chouinard. It was created specifically for Elijah Brown who went on to tour the solo internationally before becoming the lead character in Celine Dion's stage show "A New Day" created by world-famous director Franco Dragone.



See also



  • Raimund Theater

  • Theater in der Josefstadt

  • Volkstheater Wien

  • Akademietheater



References





  1. ^ abcd aeiou-Burgtheater "Burgtheater" (history), Encyclopedia of Austria, Aeiou Project, 1999


  2. ^ Wiener Tagblatt, 13 October 1888


  3. ^ Yates, W.E., Theatre in Vienna: A Critical History, 1776-1995, Cambridge University Press; New edition (21 Aug. 2008). p.81


  4. ^ Briefe an ihre Kinder und Freunde; Verfasser/in: Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria; Alfred Ritter von Arneth, Verlag: Braumüller, Wien 1881.


  5. ^ Katalog der Portrait-Sammlung der k.u.k. General-Intendanz der k.k. Hoftheater: zugleich ein biographisches Hilfsbuch auf dem Gebiet von Theater und Musik, Burgtheater, Wien 1892, A. W. Künast


  6. ^ Alt und Neu Wien: Geschichte der österreichischen Kaiserstadt, Band 2, von Karl Eduard Schimmer, Horitz Bermann, Wien 1904, Seite 215


  7. ^ Théâtre, nation & société en Allemagne au XVIIIe siècle, Roland Krebs, Jean Marie Valentin, Presses universitaires de Nancy, 1990.


  8. ^ Ungarische Revue, Volume 11, S.53, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Franklin-Verein, 1891.




External links







  • Burgtheater homepage

  • Burgtheater information and photography


  • Documents and clippings about Burgtheater in the 20th Century Press Archives of the German National Library of Economics (ZBW)









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