Wien: Burgtheater (new) |
Country: Austria (Österreich) State: Wien City: Wien Location: 1.; Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 2 Built 1874-1888 as "K. k. Hofburgtheater" by Karl Hasenauer and Gottfried Semper, as a successor to the first Burgtheater (built 1741 at another site, demolished 1888). Opened 14 October 1888 with Franz Grillparzer's "Esther" and Schiller's "Wallensteins Lager". 1897 layout alteration of the auditorium boxes. 1919 renamed "Burgtheater". Destroyed by bombs and a fire in 1945. 1953-1955 rebuilt to the original plans. Re-opened 15 Oct 1955 with Grillparzer's "König Ottokars Glück und Ende". 1897: 1532 seats, today: 1313 seats. Notable world premieres:
Links: www.burgtheater.at, EUTA, Wikipedia |
Front Text: "Wien, Hofburgtheater" Publisher: A. Sockl, Wien Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: to Plauen/Vogtland (Germany), 1899 |
Front Text: "Burgtheater" Publisher: ?; S 10 N 5 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Trautenau (= Trutnov, Czech Republic), 1901 |
Front Text: "K. u. k. Hofburgtheater. Wien" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Firenze (Italy), 1902 |
Front Text: "Wien. K. K. Hofburg-Theater" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Fuans (France) to Chalon-sur-Saône (France), 1905 |
Collectible Card Front Text: "Vienne. Le Hof Burg-Théâtre ou le nouveau Théâtre de la Cour, situé sur les Ringstrassen, est consacré à la comédie. C'est un véritable joyau architecturel." Publisher: Phosphatine Falières, Paris Size: 10.7 x 6.4 cm |
Picture: below: staircase Front Text: "Wien - Burg-Theater" Publisher: Verlag V. Würthle & Sohn, Salzburg Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Ebensee am Traunsee, 1903 |
Front Text: "Wien.", "Burgtheater mit Volksgarten.", signed: H. Junker, Karlsruhe Publisher: Verlag der Hofbuchhandlung J. Velten, Karlsruhe Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Stiegenhaus im k. k. Hof-Burgtheater, Wien I." Publisher: K. Ledermann, Wien I - 1906; 8153 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: main staircase ceiling mural by Franz Matsch: an ancient theatre scene Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Eine antike Theaterscene.)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 987 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: main staircase ceiling mural by Franz Matsch: ancient improviser Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Der antike Improvisator.)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 994 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: main staircase ceiling mural by Gustav Klimt: chariot of Thespis Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Der Thepiskarren.)" [sic!] Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 987 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: main staircase ceiling mural by Franz Matsch: medieval mystery play Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Theater im Mittelalter)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 991 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: main staircase ceiling mural by Ernst Klimt: Hans Wurst at the funfair stage Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Der Hanswurst auf dem Jahrmarkt)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 993 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: main staircase ceiling mural by Gustav Klimt: Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Das Shakespeare-Theater in London.)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 992 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: main staircase ceiling mural by Ernst Klimt: A scene by Molière (premiere of Le malade imaginaire) Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Eine Scene Molier's.)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 996 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: ceiling mural by Eduard Charlemont: Apollo and the Muses Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Apollo und die Musen.)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 989 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: ceiling mural by Eduard Charlemont: Iphigenia in Aulis Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Iphigenia auf Aulis.)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 990 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: ceiling mural by Eduard Charlemont: A Midsummer Night's Dream Front Text: "Wien", "Burgtheater, Deckengemälde, (Sommernachtstraum.)" Publisher: Deutsch's Postkartenverlag, Wien I; 998 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Wien, I. K. k. Burgtheater", "Ausfahrt des Erzherzog Rainer" Publisher: B. K. W. I. [Brüder Kohn, Wien I]; 110-6 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Paris (France), 1908 |
Front Text: "Gruß aus der Theaterstadt Wien", "Burgtheater" Publisher: B. K. W. I. [Brüder Kohn, Wien I]; 401-14 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Genève (Switzerland), 1910 |
Reverse Text: "Wien - K. K. Hofburgtheater" Publisher: Theo Stroefer, Nürnberg; Theo Stroefer's Städteansichten Serie 747, No. 2 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Klagenfurt, 1910 |
Reverse Text: "Wien - Burgtheater, Rob. Richter pinx." Publisher: Wiener Künstler-Postkarte; B. K. W. I. (Brüder Kohn, Wien); Serie 825 11 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "Wien, Feststiege im Burgtheater" [staircase] Publisher: Wiener Künstler-Postkarte; Serie 762/4 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "Wien - Burgtheater-Foyer" Publisher: Wiener Kunst; Nr. 795-4 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Wien - K. k. Hofburgtheater" Publisher: B. K. W. I. (Brüder Kohn, Wien) Type: Moonlight Card; Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Paris, 1911 |
Front Text: "Wien - Burgtheater" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Dresden, 1912 |
Reverse Text: "Wien I. - Burgtheater mit Volksgarten" Publisher: O. K. 28 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "Wien, I. Foyer im k. k. Hof-Burgtheater" Publisher: Wolf, Verein. Kunstanstalten, Wien; 94 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Beim Burgtheater Bühnentürl - Kornelie Kögel" (at the Burgtheater stagedoor) Publisher: Verlag "Bediene dich selbst!", Wien Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Beim Burgtheater Bühnentürl - Hugo Thimig" (at the Burgtheater stagedoor) Publisher: Verlag "Bediene dich selbst!", Wien Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Wien Burgtheater" Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "Wien I. Burgtheater Bühne" [stage] Publisher: Postkartenverlag Donauland, Wien; 391 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "Wien I. Burgtheater, Foyer" Publisher: Postkarten Industrie A. G., Wien I; 23753 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: memorial relief for actor Bernhard Baumeister by Johannes Benk Reverse Text: "Baumeister. Relief im Wiener Burgtheater. Skulp. von Joh. Benk." Publisher: B. K. W. I.; 691 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Picture: shortly after World War II Front Text: "Wien 1, Burgtheater" Reverse Text: "Aus der Serie 'Verwüstetes Wien', Wien 1, Burgtheater" Publisher: Liliput-Verlag Size: Modern Not sent. |
Picture: rear façade, shortly after World War II Front Text: "Wien I, Burgtheater, Rückseite" Publisher: Verlag Ryba Size: Modern Not sent. |
Picture: exterior around the reopening in 1955, portraits of Goethe, Schiller and Grillparzer Front Text: "Wiener Burgtheater wiedereröffnet 1955" Publisher: ?; 4808 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Rotterdam (Netherlands), Dec 1955 |
Picture: auditorium after the 1955 rebuilding Reverse Text: "Wien, Innenaufnahme des wiederhergestellten Burgtheaters; Vienna, View of the Interior of the Burgtheater rebuilt; Vienne. Intérieur du Théâtre de la Burg, reconstruit; Vienne, Interiore del teatro della corte, rinnovato." Publisher: P. Ledermann, Wien I; Nr. 50597 Type: Real Photo Size: Modern Not sent. |
Picture: auditorium after the 1955 rebuilding Front Text: "Wien, Burgtheater, Blick auf Zuschauerraum (Fassungsraum 1520 Personen)" Publisher: Verlag PAG, Wien I; 45785 Type: Real Photo Size: Modern Not sent. |
Picture: auditorium after the 1955 rebuilding Front Text: "Wien, Burgtheater, Innenansicht" Publisher: Postkartenverlag Donauland, Wien III; 9231 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: from Wien to Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, 1957 |
Front Text: "Wien, Burgtheater" Publisher: Donaufot, Wien; 7569 7 Type: Real Photo Size: Modern Sent: from Wien to Kränichen (Switzerland), 1959 |
Reverse Text: "Wien, Panorama, Burgtheater - Vienna, Burgtheater - Vienne, Théâtre de la Burg - Vienna, Teatro della Corte" Publisher: Verlag P. Ledermann, Wien I Size: Modern Sent: from Austria to Münster/Westfalen (Germany) [postmark illegible] |
Reverse Text: "Wien 1, Burgtheater, traditionsreichste deutschsprachige Bühne, erbaut 1874-1888 - Vienna 1, Burgtheater, a theatre of ancient tradition for performances in the German language, built in 1874-1888 - Vienne 1, Burgtheater, théâtre de très ancienne tradition pou représentations en langue allemande, bâti en 1874-1888" Publisher: mapa, Wien 9 Size: Modern Sent: from Wien to Hamburg (Germany), 1983 |
Reverse Text: "Wien bei Nacht - Burgtheater, Vienna at night - The Burgtheater, Vienne de nuit - Le Burgthéâter, Vienna di notte - Il Burgtheater" Publisher: K; 691a FW Size: Modern Sent: from Wien to Oberursel (Germany), 1966 |
Reverse Text: "Wien - Vienna - Vienne, Burgtheater" Publisher: Flora-Print, vorm. Fleischmann & Jaeger, Wien Size: Modern Sent: from Wien to Wuppertal (Germany), 1985 |
Reverse Text: "Wien, Burgtheater, Feststiege - Vienna, Burgtheater - Vienne, Théâtre de la Burg - Vienna, Teatro della Corte" [staircase] Publisher: Verlag Richard Pietsch & Co. KG, Wien; PAG; Nr. 51621 Size: Modern Not sent. |
Picture: photomontage of four identical views of the main staircase Front Text: "Théatre des Champs Elysées Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier" Revers Text: "Affice de 1989" Publisher: Verlhac Editions, from "Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. 100 affiches légendaires", a set of 100 postcards, ISBN 9782365950169 Type: 2013 reproduction of a 1989 poster for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: "Luftburgtheater" Reverse Text: "Dieses Bild ist aus dem Burgtheaterbuch 'Weltkomödie Österreich. 13 Jahre Burgtheater 1986-1999'" Publisher: Burgtheater / Zsolnay Verlag, Wien Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: "Gemma...?" Reverse Text: "Dieses Bild ist aus dem Burgtheaterbuch 'Weltkomödie Österreich. 13 Jahre Burgtheater 1986-1999'" Publisher: Burgtheater / Zsolnay Verlag, Wien Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: "Lipizzaner nach dem Brand in der Hofburg, 28.10.1992" Reverse Text: "Dieses Bild ist aus dem Burgtheaterbuch 'Weltkomödie Österreich. 13 Jahre Burgtheater 1986-1999'" Publisher: Burgtheater / Zsolnay Verlag, Wien Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: "Traumfabrik" Reverse Text: "Dieses Bild ist aus dem Burgtheaterbuch 'Weltkomödie Österreich. 13 Jahre Burgtheater 1986-1999'" Publisher: Burgtheater / Zsolnay Verlag, Wien Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: flag: "Mord und Totschlag" Reverse Text: "Dieses Bild ist aus dem Burgtheaterbuch 'Weltkomödie Österreich. 13 Jahre Burgtheater 1986-1999'" Publisher: Burgtheater / Zsolnay Verlag, Wien Size: Modern Not sent. |
Stamp Block (Austria, 2005) with reproductions of 1955 commemorative stamps Text: "50 Jahre Wiedereröffnung Burgtheater - 50 Jahre Wiedereröffnung Staatsoper", "Das Burgtheater in Wien", "Die Staatsoper in Wien" |
Front Text: "Wien", signed: A. Haller-Defner Reverse Text: "Wien - pastell - Burgtheater" Publisher: Verlag Dr. A. Defner, Igls bei Innsbruck; WP 2 Size: Modern Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "Volksgarten, Blick auf das Burgtheater, Wien" Publisher: Edition Skye, Wien; 9091 Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: "Wien Vienna Viena Vienne Vena [...]", "Burgtheater, Imperial Court Theater, Vensky Burgteatr, Teatro di corte, Théâtre de la Cour, Teatro Imperial [...]" Reverse Text: "Wien Vienna Viena Vienne Vena [...]" Publisher: Colorama; PK VIE 28 Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: "Burg Theater Wien" Reverse Text: "Wien, Burgtheater" Publisher: Edition Tausendschön, Mils; PK 385 Type: Glitter Card Size: Modern Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "rechte Burgstiege" Publisher: art postal, Wien; 2019; Serie 01 Wien; Frank Dehner Size: Modern Not sent. |
Picture: outgoing air vent on the roof Reverse Text: "Windengel Burgtheater" Publisher: art postal, Wien; 2019; Serie 01 Wien; Frank Dehner Size: Modern Not sent. |
For other postcards of this theatre, see Wien: Cards showing various theatres. Permanent link: https://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/49 |