Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo

Country: Czech Republic (Česká Republika)
City: Brno (Brünn)
Location: Malinovského náměstí 571/1

Built 1881-1882 as "Deutsches Stadttheater" for the city of Brünn by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer at the site of a previous theatre (built 1771, destroyed by a fire in 1870). 1250 seats. Opened 30 Oct 1882 with Goethe's "Egmont". The theatre had the first fully electrical lighting system on the European continent, installed by Edison's assistent, Francis Jehl. Since 1918, home to the local Czech opera company and renamed "Divadlo na hradbách" (Theatre on the Ramparts). Also known as "Narodní divadlo" (National Theatre). During the German occupation 1939-1945 used for German and Czech performances. 1945 renamed Janáčkova Opera, 1946 renamed Janáčkovo Divadlo, in honour of the Czech composer, Leoš Janáček (1854-1928). After the building of a new opera house in 1965, mainly used for drama performances and renamed in honour of the Czech author and playwright, Jiří Mahen. 1971-1978 renovation. 1987 opening of "Diavdélko na hradbách", a studio theatre under the main stage of the theatre.

Notable world premieres:

  • Leoš Janáček: Káťa Kabanová (23 Nov 1921)
  • Leoš Janáček: Příhody lišky bystroušky ("The cunning little vixen", 6 Nov 1924)
  • Leoš Janáček: Šárka (11 Nov 1925)
  • Leoš Janáček: Věc Makropoulos (18 Dec 1926)
  • Leoš Janáček: Z Mrtvého Domu ("From the House of the Dead", 12 Apr 1930)
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo i Dzhulyetta (30 Dec 1938)
  • Leoš Janáček: Osud (25 Oct 1958)

Links: www.ndbrno.cz, EUTA, Wikipedia

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Front Text: "Gruss aus Brünn. Stadttheater"
Publisher: Verlag von Heinrich Epstein in Brünn
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Brünn to Luhaschowitz (Moravia), 1899 (? - postmark hardly legible)

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Front Text: "Brünn, Stadttheater"
Publisher: Edgar Schmidt, Dresden und Budapest
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Brünn to Hilversum (Netherlands), 1913 (? - postmark hardly legible)

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Picture: left, foreground: Mahenovo Divadlo, right, background: Dům Umění in construction (ca. 1908-1911)
Reverse Text: "Brünn, Stadttheater. Carl Weiß pinx."
Publisher: B.K.W.I. [= Brüder Kohn, Wien I]; Künstler-Postkarte
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Brno to Jamlitz (Germany) [postmark illegible]

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Front Text: "Brünn, Stadttheater"
Publisher: Hermann Seibt, Meissen, 1908
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Kunzendorf (Germany) to Meißen (Germany), 1912(?)

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Front Text: "Zuschauerraum des Brünner Stadttheaters. (Eröffnet am 14. November 1862. - Fassungsraum 1250 Personen.)"
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Front Text: "Brünn. Prunkstiege im Stadttheater"
Publisher: Ascher & Redlich, Brünn Size: Classic
Type: Divided Back
Sent: from Brno to Cottbus (Germany), between 1908 and 1918 [postmark illegible]

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brünn, Theater, Hauptstiege"
Publisher: Ascher & Redlich, Brünn Size: Classic
Type: Divided Back
Sent: from Brno to Budapest (Hungary), 1918

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Advertisement Stamp Text: "Brno Národni Divadlo"

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Prof. Kousek: Brno. - Národni divadlo. Volkstheater. Théâtre national."
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Czechslovakia to Langenburg (Germany) [postmark illegible]

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brno, Narodní divadlo, Janáckova opera"
Publisher: Orbis, Praha
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: to Praha [postmark illegible]

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brün, Theater; Brno - Divadlo"
Reverse handwritten text: dated 31 Jan 1943
Publisher: Metropol
Size: Classic
Type: Divided Back
Sent: Not sent.

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brno, Státní divadlo - Janá;ccaron;kova opera, Gosudarstvenny Teatr - Opera Yanatchevka, Staatstheater - Janáček Opernhaus, State Theatre - Janáček Opera House, Théâtre d'Etat - Opéra Janáček"
Publisher: Nakladatelství Orbis, Praha; F 12-18974 095346 3 09409 1062
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brno, Státní divadlo, Gosudarstvenny Teatr, Staatstheater, State Theatre, Théâtre d'Etat"
Publisher: Nakladatelství Orbis, Praha
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brno, Janá;ccaron;kova opera"
Publisher: Orbis; 8-5 O 59133 F 280646
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brno, Roosveltova ulice a Mahenova činohra, Ulitsa Ruzevelta i Dramatichesky teatr im. Makhena, Roosevelt-Gasse und J. Mahen-Schauspielhaus, Roosevelt Street and the Mahen Theatre, La rue Roosevelt et le théâtre Mahen"
Publisher: Vydavatelství Press-Foto, Praha; Som 928/5 39394 06-02-089
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Brno: Janackovo Divadlo Picture: left: Mahenovo Divadlo, right: Janáčkovo Divadlo
Front Text: "Mahenovo - Brněnská divadla - Janáčkovo"
Reverse Text: "Brno, Mahenovo a Janáčkovo divadlo"
Publisher: Vydavatelství Press-Foto, Praha; MOm 7213, 06ä-02-979 1916
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Reverse Text: "Brünn, Stadttheater"
Publisher: Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft e. V., München
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo Front Text: "Mahenovo Divadlo"
Reverse Text: "Mahenovo Divadlo, činohra Národniho divadla v Brně"
Publisher: Národní Divadlo v Brně; Reklami Agentura Javora, Brno
Size: Modern
Sent: from Brno to Witten (Germany), 2008

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