Theater Chemnitz
| Theater Chemnitz | |
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Opernhaus Chemnitz, one of several venues
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| Location | Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°50′18″N 12°55′27″E / 50.8383333333°N 12.9241666667°ECoordinates: 50°50′18″N 12°55′27″E / 50.8383333333°N 12.9241666667°E |
| Construction started | 1906 |
| Opened | 1909 |
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| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Richard Möbius |
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Theater Chemnitz is the municipal theatre organization of Chemnitz, Germany. Performances of opera, symphonic concerts, ballet, plays and Figurentheater (artistic puppet theater) take place in its three main venues: the Opernhaus Chemnitz (for opera, ballet and musical theatre), the Stadthalle Chemnitz (for concerts), and the Schauspielhaus Chemnitz (for plays and Figurentheater). The award-winning opera company has produced a series of rarely performed works, and several German premieres.
Located at Theaterplatz 2, the opera house was designed by the German architect Richard Möbius and built between 1906 and 1909. Following its destruction during World War II, it was reconstructed between 1947 and 1951. It was renovated again from 1988 to 1992, and is considered to be one of the most modern opera houses in Europe. It seats 720 people. Intendant Bernhard Helmich focused on the presentation of rarely played historic operas, such as Mascagni's Iris, Nicolai's Il templario and Die Heimkehr des Verbannten, Pfitzner's Die Rose vom Liebesgarten, Reznicek's Benzin, and Schreker's Der Schmied von Gent. Vasco de Gama, an early version of Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, was named Wiederentdeckung des Jahres (Rediscovery of the year) in 2013 by the journal Opernwelt. German premieres have included Jonathan Dove's Pinocchios Abenteuer, and both Love and Other Demons and Paradise Reloaded (Lilith) by Péter Eötvös. Two productions received the German theatre award Der Faust in 2007: Prokofiev's Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen, staged by Dietrich Hilsdorf, and the ballet Giselle M. in a choreography by Stephan Toss.
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