City theater Klagenfurt (Jubilaeums-Stadttheater) description and photos - Austria: Klagenfurt (Topic)

City Theater Klagenfurt (Jubilaeums-Stadttheater) description and photos - Austria: Klagenfurt. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Jubilaeums-Stadttheater.

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The first theater appeared in Klagenfurt in the distant 16th century. The wooden building was mainly used for balls. There was no permanent theater company in Klagenfurt. On the stage, hastily set up in the ballroom, visiting actors from Vienna and other European cities performed on their way to Venice.

In 1737, instead of the dilapidated building of the theater, a new one was built - also wooden, but stronger. The city theater in Klagenfurt was small in those days, because only the wealthy public had the right to attend the performances. In 1811, the first major reconstruction of the local theater took place. Then, instead of a wooden structure, a brick one appeared. In the 1880s, the building's wooden pillars were severely damaged by fire and were replaced with metal ones. After this renovation, the theater was discovered by a simpler audience. The people attended all the performances, enthusiastic notes for each theater premiere appeared in the press.

In 1908, the city authorities decided to build a new, more modern theater. The design of the City Theater in Klagenfurt was entrusted to the Viennese architecture firm Fellner and Helmer. On September 22, 1910, the grand opening of the new theater building, erected in the late secession style, took place. On the occasion of the festivities held that year in honor of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, the theater was named in his honor. The old brick theater, erected in 1811, located next to the new building, was demolished.

Currently, the theater's repertoire includes dramas, operas, musicals and ballets.

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