Bühnen der Stadt Köln

The term stages of the city of Cologne various urban venues in Cologne for drama, ballet and theater, etc. are summarized.

The stages of Cologne each led by a director in the fields of opera and drama. After the dismissal of Uwe Eric Laufenberg on June 2012 and the consensual resolution 21 of the Treaty on August 27, 2012 2012/2013 occurs at the beginning of the season (1 September 2012), initially for three interim seasons until 2014/ 2015, the opera director Birgit Meyer her post. The play is directed by Stefan Bachmann since 1 September 2013. Music Director is since the season 2003/2004 Markus Stenz and thus responsible for the opera and the Gürzenich Orchestra ( until 31 August 2014). From 1995 to 2002 Günter Krämer was general director of the stages of the city of Cologne.

Venues

One of the stages of the city of Cologne include the following venues:

Cologne Opera

The Cologne Opera stands on Offenbachplatz.

Old pawn shop

In the Old pawn shop in the south of Cologne, Cologne children's opera has moved an interim quarters. The Yakulthalle as former home of the children's opera in the foyer of the opera house, had to be abandoned due to the redevelopment plans of the Cologne Opera. For a period of four seasons until the end of the Opera House renovation, the old pawnshop near the Clovis Square, the venue of the children's opera will be. Artistic Director of the children's opera is the director Elena Tzavara.

The concert hall of the old pawnshop holds about 250 people and is applied in three ascending rows around the stage, the result is a direct contact between audience and artists.

Under the direction of the new artistic director of the children's opera, Elena Tzavara, took place on October 29, 2009 " The Fire Red Friederike " the first premiere in the new stadium instead. Under the sign of red fly agaric 2009/10 Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and Sleeping Beauty are shown in the resumption of play time. In May 2010, the children's jazz opera will premiere The Fisherman and his wife in the old pawn shop.

Cologne Theatre

The spectacle of Cologne is located next to the opera house, performance venue for various cultural performances.

West End theater

Also this theater in the upper foyer of the theater was designed by the artist Mark Beard. In the baroque theater held about 60 spectators place, and there are mainly lectures and smaller productions instead.

Metalworking

In a former locksmith in cancer alley this venue is housed, also with about 130 seats. The pieces mainly modern authors aimed at a young audience.

Halle Kalk

This former factory hall with 200 seats is the only right bank preferred venue of the stages of the city of Cologne. Here musical and drama performances.

Dance

The dance company pretty ugly tanz köln, since 2005 with the artistic director Amanda Miller, was the city's stages Cologne affiliated by contract, but organized as a separate company. The contract ran out in 2008. End of February 2013 announced the Cologne Cultural Affairs Georg Quander that there will be in the season 2013/14, no dance guest performances. The first provided one million euros were withdrawn. A program had been worked out. For the maintenance of the municipal budget for dance performances in this season, a broad alliance for action has begun and made protest events on the legs, including Cologne Cultural Council of 60 Cologne's cultural institutions.

Former venues

Another venue for the field of drama were until 1994 the board games that were established after the Second World War in a diamond -Joest - Museum at Ubierring.