The Staatstheater Braunschweig is a theatre company and

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Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (

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, operetta, musical),

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and concerts. The ''Staatstheater Braunschweig'' is owned by the State of

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History

The earliest incarnation of the Staatstheater Braunschweig was the '' Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt'' in Braunschweig, founded in 1690 by

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Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Theatre works such as '' Emilia Galotti'' by Lessing and

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's ''

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'' had their first openings in Braunschweig.

Gallery

Image:Braunschweig Luftaufnahme Staatstheater (2011).JPG, Aerial view Image:Braunschweig Staatstheater Foyer.jpg, Foyer of "Great House" Image:Braunschweig Staatstheater Zuschauerraum.jpg, Zuschauerraum of "Great House" Image:Braunschweig Kleines Haus.jpg, "Little House" Image:Opernhaus Braunschweig.jpg, Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt Image:BS Theater um 1860 Stahl.jpg, State Theatre in 1860

Intendants

* 1925–29: Prof. Dr. Neubeck * 1929–33: Dr. Himmighoffen * 1933–34: Oskar Walleck * 1934–45: Dr. Alexander Schum * 1945–46: Jost Dahmen * 1946–47: Heinrich Voigt * 1947–51: Walter Bruno Iltz * 1951–61: Hermann Kühn * 1961–63: Erich Kriebig * 1964–67:

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* 1967–68: Hermann Kühn * 1968–72: Hans Peter Doll * 1972–79: Chritoph Groszer * 1979–91:

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* 1991–93: Hans Peter Doll * 1993–94:

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* 1995–97: Executive directors:

Brigitte Fassbaender Brigitte Fassbaender (; born 3 July 1939), is a German mezzo-soprano opera singer and a stage director. From 1999 to 2012 she was intendant (managing director) of the Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck, Austria. She holds the title Kammersäng ...

Philippe Auguin Philippe Auguin (born 19 February 1961, Nice, France) is a French conductor. Auguin studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He also studied conducting with Franco Ferrara. He served as an assistant conductor t ...

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* 1997–2010:

Wolfgang Gropper Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...

* 2010–2015:

Joachim Klement Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

* 2010–current:

Dagmar Schlingmann Dagmar may refer to: People * Dagmar (given name), a feminine Scandinavian and German given name * Berthe Dagmar (1884–1934), French film actress * Dagmar (actress) (1921–2001), main stage name of American actress Virginia Ruth Egnor * Dagma ...

References

External links

Staatstheater Braunschweig official website
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Duchy of Brunswick Buildings and structures in Braunschweig Culture in Braunschweig Music in Braunschweig Organisations based in Braunschweig

1861 establishments in Germany 19th-century establishments in the Duchy of Brunswick Theatres completed in 1861 Music venues completed in 1861