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Theater Regensburg (also known as the Stadttheater Regensburg, theatre of the city of

Regensburg Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen (river), Regen, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the ...

) is a theatrical organization that produces

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s, and

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s in Regensburg, Germany. The organization operates several performance venues throughout the city.

History

Theater Regensburg was established in 1804 with the opening of the Stadttheater Regensburg at Bismarckplatz 7. That theatre was designed by Emanuel Herigoyen and destroyed by a fire in 1849. The theatre was rebuilt under a new design, also by Herigoyen, and opened in 1852 with a performance of Meyerbeer's '' Die Hugenotten''. The theatre was modernized in 1898 and again greatly renovated in the 1990s. That theatre, now known as the

Theater am Bismarckplatz Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicat ...

, remains Regensburg's principal venue for operas and

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s. It is also occasionally used for ballets, musicals, plays, and orchestral concerts; however, the

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(originally built in 1897 as a Radsporthalle, now room for 620 spectators) is the main stage for those kinds of productions. The Theater am Haidplatz with 138 seats has been used for literary and modern theater. More experimental works are often presented at the Turmtheater, a smaller venue with 88 seats. Sebastian Ritschel has been

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since 2022.

Premieres

Georg Britting Georg Britting (born 17 February 1891 in Regensburg; died 27 April 1964 in Munich) was a German poet, short story writer, and essayist. Life Britting spent his early years in Regensburg. His writing career began in 1911, when he began publishi ...

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(1885–1943 : ''An der Schwelle'' (cycle of one act works, lost), 27 March 1913 (Theater am Bismarckplatz) :*''Madame'' (Weill / Britting) :*''Potiphar'' (Britting) :*''Der törichte Jüngling'' (Britting) * Richard Billinger: ''Die Hexe von Passau'', 1935 (Theater am Bismarckplatz) *

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: ''Der armen Kinder Weihnachten'', 1946 (also in Stuttgart) *

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(libretto) /

Wilfried Hiller Wilfried Hiller (born 15 March 1941) is a German composer. He became known above all for his stage works for families, children and young people. Life and work Hiller was born the son of the teacher August Hiller and his wife Josepha Hiller, n ...

(music): ''Der Lindwurm und der Schmetterling'', 11 January 1981 (Theater am Bismarckplatz) *

Jürg Amann Jürg Amann (born in Winterthur on 2 July 1947; died on 5 May 2013, in Zurich) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He has written radio plays, a biography of Robert Walser (writer), Robert Walser, and other works. Awards *1982 Ingeborg Bachmann Pr ...

: ''Nachgerufen'', 1984 (Theater am Haidplatz?) *

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: ''Dem Hans sei Ganshaut oder wo die Liebe hinfällt'', 5 October 1985 (Theater am Haidplatz) *Harald Grill: ''Jorinde und Joringel im Wackersdorfer Wald'', . November 1987 (Theater am Haidplatz) *Harald Grill: ''Vater unser'', 1997(?) *Paula Köhler (libretto) / Thomas Bartel (music): ''Der Patient'', 15 April 2005 (Theater am Haidplatz) *

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: ''La porta aperta'', 5. Dezember 2007 (Turmtheater) *Franz Csiky (libretto) /

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(music): ''Der Hutmacher'', 29 March 2008 (Velodrom) *

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: ''Die blaue Donau'', 11. April 2008 (Theater am Bismarckplatz) *Sandra Hummel (libretto) /

Franz Hummel Franz Hummel (2 January 1939 – 20 August 2022) was a German composer and pianist. From his youth, Hummel was interested in music and, in particular, the works of Richard Strauss, Eugen Papst and Hans Knappertsbusch. In Munich and Salzburg, h ...

(music): ''Zarathustra'', opera in 12 scenes, 24 April 2010 (Theater am Bismarckplatz)

Literature in German

*Helmut Pigge: ''Theater in Regensburg'', MZ-Buchverlag, Regensburg 1998. * Magnus Gaul: ''Musiktheater in Regensburg in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Studien zum Repertoire und zur Bearbeitungspraxis'' (= Regensburger Beiträge zur Musikgeschichte 3), Schneider-Verlag, Tutzing 2004. * Christoph Meixner: ''Musiktheater in Regensburg im Zeitalter des Immerwährenden Reichstages'' (= Musik und Theater 3), Studio-Verlag, Sinzig 2008.

References

External links

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Theater Regensburg on the Regensburg website
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