Stralsund Theatre
The Stralsund's theater has a long tradition. Occupies are performances of plays at the Old Market for 1553 ( " Tragedie van deme Daniel" ) and 1584 ( " De tragedies van Susanna "). The tradition lives on since the merger of the theater of the towns Stralsund and Greifswald in 1994 in the Theater Vorpommern on. The theater house at the Olof Palme site has the postal address Olof-Palme -Platz 6
House of Brewers and Mälzerkompagnie
1720 joined the famous troupe of Christian Spiegelberg with pieces of Molière among others in the House of Brewers and Mälzerkompagnie in Heilgeiststraße on. Here initially found the theatrical art a home. Performances by jugglers, acrobats and puppeteers alternated with guest performances known bands like those of Johann Friedrich Beautiful man. On August 7, 1827 Angelica Catalani sang here, on July 14, 1837 Carl Loewe himself with his own compositions.
Other game sites
Other venues included the " Alexander Hall" in the mill road, where on 16 and 19 March 1855 played the pianist Clara Wieck, and the hotel " de fire Bourg " in which on November 14, 1868 Anton Rubinstein occurred concert hall. In the parish churches were Stralsund music clubs "Musical Association" from 1816, " Concert Association " from 1824 and " Liedertafel " of 1825 with string orchestras and choir.
Comedy House
1765 a building in the Mönchstraße 18 was converted into a City Theatre, which has already served as a playhouse before. The building in the street monk was originally built as an orphanage, but there was not enough money for the maintenance of such an orphanage, the necessary resources should be loaded by the operating theater. A unbeheizbarer hall with poor acoustics offered up to 700 spectators on benches.
On October 3, 1766, it opened with a masked ball. Here, among others, Friedrich Schiller's Kabale und Liebe was performed on March 17, 1785. But the tragedy Wallenstein, in Stralsund due to an unsuccessful siege of the Imperial generals in 1628, plays a role, was performed. On March 26, 1783 theater director Johann Tilly Schiller's The Robbers wanted to perform, but this was forbidden him by the Governor General Graf von Hessen stone "because of the dangerous contents ". Tilly tried again in the years 1791 and 1793 unsuccessfully this performance. On April 11, 1794, the citizens demonstrating for the approval of the performance, after which the City Council wanted to ban it again, because " nothing else could produce very harmful Würkungen the presentation of the drama piece of his gantzen content sake. " On December 15, 1799 the piece then performed against the will of the Council, but with the permission of the Vice - Governor General Cederström. It did not come to the harmful Würkungen, and then on the piece was one of the most played.
The last performance took place on 12 January 1834 of the " ancestor " of Franz Grillparzer. The house was closed in 1834 and 1858 demolished.
City Theatre at the Old Market
About the private " corporation establishing a playhouse " the construction of a new theater was financed. In May 1832 569 stocks were drawn, including by the Governor-General Prince Malte of Putbus. The city also approved the requirement of a bond of 12,000 rix-dollars.
Two standing here gabled buildings, including the Town Hall Pharmacy, were demolished in 1833. On March 21, 1833, the cornerstone was laid for the theater took place on Alter Markt 4 were coins in the foundation, a poem about the event and a copper plate with the inscription:
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On September 28, 1833 Topping-out ceremony was celebrated. On August 28, 1834, opened the house with a comedy. The theater offered 600 spectators on two tiers place. At the request of the audience, the lodges seats backrests and all seats were seat numbers. Farces, operettas, as well as Wagner's Tannhäuser and Lohengrin were listed.
In an accident on July 14, 1861 is attributable to the operation of the gas lanterns, suffered two dancers in the " Ballet Society by Carlo de Pasqualis " burn injuries, where they succumbed; they were buried on July 22, 1861 in the cemetery of St. Jürgen. Since then always lay with the ideas ready wet blankets. The mid-1860s became the theater in economic difficulties, the corporation is unable to pay their debts to the city. At the foreclosure sale, the city acquired the theater for 16,300 dollars. The theater was closed in 1913 because of structural deficiencies and inadequate fire protection equipment.
1927 was the Municipal Savings Bank acquire and use the building; after the city had approved the sale on March 8, 1927, there were complaints of bank competitors who suddenly also showed interest. Ultimately acquired the Provincial Bank, who was sitting up there in the Old Market in the " Minerva House ," the house, where he built in 1930 a new building for their own purposes. Opening was on September 23, 1930, when tenants also drew Barmer, medical clearinghouse and Gestapo; the building was first used after the Second World War, the city's financial Stralsund in GDR times the Social Security of the GDR and the fdgb, since the turn there are AOK, Verdi, IG Metall, the DGB, IG BAU, inter alia, resident.
Theatre at the Olof Palme -Platz
Construction of the theater on a garden designed by architect Ferdinand Jühlke green area was July 1, 1913. "Neues Theater" was built to plans by the Cologne architect Carl Moritz, from which also came the Cologne Opera house and several other theaters. The foundation rests to 800 piles driven into the ground. It was completed in 1914, opening only on 16 September 1916, Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio and Heinrich Kleist's Prinz Friedrich von Homburg.
Since 1920, here also play the Low German artist " De Plattdütsch Späldäl ". 1921, the City Council had financial reasons to give up the municipal administration, the theater was leased. The line was for the years 1916 to 1932 seven different directors. From September 1918 to April 1921 Philip Manning was intendant, from October 1922 to April 1925 Kurt Grebin. Grebin built on the ensemble of the theater, which played to September October to April at the Theatre Stralsund and from May in Bad Oeynhausen. Ludwig Spannuth - Bodenstedtstraße took over the management of Grebin to September 1927. Berstl Until April 1932 William was director. Last Intendant in the Weimar Republic was then Friedrich- Wilhelm Nadolle.
After re-opening one of the first theaters in Germany on June 2, 1945 works by Russian composers were increasingly performed. Honours for Maxim Gorky were scheduled, but also the works of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky were performed to a full house. In 1953, the theater from according to the prescribed by the SED motto " Forward to the planned development of socialist culture " contracts with companies such as the People's shipyard and the army and police, making these entitlements earned to the theater.
1955 Georg Friedrich Handel's opera Julius Caesar in Stralsund was staged as DDR premiere. On March 21, 1964 Jean Kurt Forests was "How animals of the forest " premiered. The ensemble has performed, among others at the Komische Oper in Berlin and in 1964 in Schleswig. Another world premiere of an opera by Forest was seen on May 6, 1965; it was recorded in December 1965 for East German television.
In 1968, major changes were made.
1969 had 12,000 people a play entitled. On April 13, 1969, the Stralsund's new creation " Montague and Capulet " by Karl -Heinz Bischoff and Osmar Siegler was premiered, which was broadcast on the radio. Rudolf Wagner- Régenys opera " The mine at Falun " experienced on September 7, 1969 also premiered at the Theater of the shipyard city, as it was called.
For the premiere of the opera " The everyday miracle" by Gerhard Rosenfeld on March 29, 1973, for its overall excellence was the theater in 1974, Hans -Otto Award. The theater stood on for the construction of socialism under the motto "Art as a weapon "; 1977, a program was to mark the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution under the theme "The time wearing a red star" set which was performed in 71 businesses and towns of the district.
But the theater also served to mass events of a political nature. Thus spoke on November 28, 1947 Wilhelm Pieck on the topic " What will become of Germany? ". Many young people received Stralsund in the theater over the years of her youth consecration, which was reintroduced in 1955.
Closure, reconstruction and re-opening
In 2005 the house was closed to allow an extensive renovation designed by the Berlin architectural office Springer architects. It was played during the renovation in seven places in the city.
The 1968 built wood panels were removed and made the original design elements including still being visible again. The eight " swallows " were refitted. On 29 February 2008 the big house was reopened with the participation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They played Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio and, as with the first opening in 1916, Heinrich Kleist's Prinz Friedrich von Homburg.