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Bernhard-Theater Zürich

Bernhard-Theater Zürich
Bernhard-Theater - Zürich Theaterplatz 2011-04-06 18-58-56 ShiftN.jpg
The theater building at Sechseläutenplatz respectively Utoquai in Zürich
Former names Rudolf-Bernhard-Theater
Alternative names Bernhard Theater; Komödie am Bellevue
General information
Status active
Type Theatre
Location Sechseläutenplatz, Zürich-Seefeld, Switzerland
Address Falkenstrasse 1, CH-8008 Zürich
Coordinates 47°21′54.87″N 8°32′47.27″E / 47.3652417°N 8.5464639°E / 47.3652417; 8.5464639Coordinates: 47°21′54.87″N 8°32′47.27″E / 47.3652417°N 8.5464639°E / 47.3652417; 8.5464639
Completed 1984 (1984)
Owner Opernhaus Zürich AG
Landlord Stadt Zürich
Technical details
Floor count 3 including restaurant
Design and construction
Architect Claude Paillard
Other information
Seating capacity 400
Website
Official website (German)

The Bernhard-Theater Zürich or Bernhard Theater is a theatre in the German-speaking Switzerland situated at Sechseläutenplatz in Zürich. It is part of the building complex Opernhaus Zürich and also houses the Restaurant Belcanto. The theater was founded by and named after Rudolf Bernhard in 1941.

The Bernhard-Theater is an entertainment theater that housed in its early years guest performances and productions (spoken theater and music theater), initially having an own ensemble to establish a new workplace for the entertainment theater in Zürich. Rudolf Bernhard, a Swiss actor and comedian, founded at the former "Grand Café Esplanade" (built by J. Pfister Picault in 1925) the Rudolf-Bernhard-Theater which premierred on 19/20 December 1941. The ensemle performed farces and comedies in the Swiss German language. The ensemble comprised among others Ernst Bölsterli, Walburga Gmür, Bernard's wife Lisa Lienbach, Peter W. Staub and Willi Stettner; as guests appeared Heinrich Gretler, Emil Hegetschweiler, Alfred Rasser, Schaggi Streuli and Fredy Scheim. From the late 1940s, at the beginning of the season the ensemble went on tour in Switzerland, while the parent company held guest performances.

In 1961/63 it also housed the Zürcher Märchenbühne which annually produces a fairy tale for children during the winter months, starring among others Vincenzo Biagi, Paul Bühlmann, Inigo Gallo, Walter Andreas Müller, Bella Neri, Margrit Rainer, Jörg Schneider, Peter W. Staub, Schaggi Streuli, Ines Torelli, Erich Vock and Ruedi Walter.


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