The Residence Theatre (in German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre (Neues Residenztheater) of the
Residence in
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
was built from 1950 to 1951 by
Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by
Alexander von Branca removed the decoration which had been done in the typical style of the early 1950s.
History
Elector of Bavaria Maximilian III Joseph ordered in 1751 to construct a new theatre outside the palace after a fire in the St. George's Hall of the Residence which had served as before as a theatre room. This theatre was also destroyed during World War II and replaced by the New Residence Theatre. Since the decoration of the Old Residence Theatre had been rescued, it was moved into a wing of the Residence and re-opened as
Cuvilliés Theatre (''Old Residence Theatre'').
The New Residence Theatre houses the Bavarian State Theatre (Bavarian Staatsschauspiel), one of the most important
German language
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theatre
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s in the world.
Directors of the Staatsschauspiel
* 1938 to 1945
Alexander Golling
* 1945 to 1948
Paul Verhoeven
* 1948 to 1953
Alois Johannes Lippl
* 1953 to 1958
Kurt Horwitz
* 1958 to 1972
Helmut Henrichs
* 1972 to 1983
Kurt Meisel
* 1983 to 1986
Frank Baumbauer
* 1986 to 1993
Günther Beelitz
* 1993 to 2001
Eberhard Witt
* 2001 to 2011
Dieter Dorn
* since 2011
Martin Kušej
External links
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Theatres in Munich
Munich Residenz
Bavarian State Opera
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