Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre

The classic theater Ioan Slavici is a building at the junction of Bulevardul Revoluţiei No. 103 in the Avram Iancu Square - in Arad. The building was built 1872-1874 in neo-classical style. From 1958 to 1960, the building was given its present appearance in the course of extensive renovation work.

History

In the first half of the 19th century Arad experienced a major economic and cultural development, which was accompanied by an extraordinary development of theater life. The old theater no longer met the requirements. The Baron Bánhidy Béla saw in 1862 the need for a new theater. 1868 met the city council 's decision to build two buildings, the town hall and the theater. The 700,000 florins, which were needed for the construction of the two buildings, presented a Viennese bank. The theater was built in 1872-1874 according to the plans of architect Antal Skalnitzky. The opening ceremony was attended by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I on 21 September 1874.

At the beginning of the theater performances were in German and in Hungarian. One of the most famous actresses who appeared here, the Hungarian actress Déryné Széppataki Roza was ( 1793-1872 ). In 1945, the Romanian department of the theater was opened, established the Romanian State Theatre Arad in 1948 and 1949, the Hungarian department closed. Since 2006, the theater bearing the present name.

In 1957 the theater building during a fire almost completely destroyed. The renovations to the architect Alexandru Iotzu of the Academy of Architecture Bucharest (Romanian: Academia de tectură din Bucureşti) were entrusted. During the renovation we took into account the original plans. Since the completion of the building has its present appearance. In 1960, Arad 's most modern theater building in Romania.

Today, located in the building, the Classical Theatre, the Romanian Writers' Union Arad and the editors of ARCA.

Description

The theater building is built in neo-classical style and has three floors. The main entrance is located on the Bulevardul Revoluţiei. Over the three-part entrance to rise six pilasters, which terminate in a Corinthian capital and bear a triangular triptych. In the entrance hall there is a 19 meters wide and 4 meters high bas-relief mosaic, which bears the name of the building of socialism (Romanian Construirea socialismului ).

A special mention deserves the excellent acoustics, which arises as a consequence of the circular wall with fir wood paneling of the hall. When completed in 1874, the hall had three floors, a loft and 92 lodges. On the ground floor there were 276 chairs and 150 standing passengers in the first and second floor were the lodges, the third floor had a balcony with 72 seats and a gallery for 170 spectators.

The stage was 16 feet deep, had an opening of 10 meters and a height of 20 meters. Artists from Vienna, Budapest and Arad made ​​the interior decoration. A 36 -armed chandelier modeled after the Vienna Opera was responsible for the interior lighting. This was replaced after a fire by an electric chandelier from Siemens. At the same time paid to the stage with a 80 -ton iron curtain.

During the renovation after the fire of 1957, the entire building was transferred to the theater. The tenants and shops that were housed in the building, had to move out. The theater was thus generously equipped. It was next to the large auditorium with 400 seats, will be demonstrated in the predominantly classic pieces have a small, so-called studio hall with 100 seats, is listed in the modern art.

Ensemble

The Ensemble under the direction of the director Laurian Oniga counts:

• 28 actor
• Two directors
• Three stage designer.

Award Bene Merenti

The theater annually organizes the International Theatre Festival Arad, to participate in the renowned ensembles from home and abroad. Since 2011, the festival organizers give donated by Valer Blidar medal surrounded merenti. This year, the award to actor Victor Rebengiuc is awarded for his artistic achievement.