Warszawa: Teatr Wielki

Country: Poland (Polska)
Voivodship: Województwo Mazowieckie
City: Warszawa
Location: Plac Teatralny

Built 1825-1833 by Antonio Corazzi. Opened 24 Feb 1833 with Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia". The complex housed the "Teatr Wielki" [Great Theatre], the "Teatr Narodowy" [National (Drama) Theatre], and the "Teatr Nowy" [New Theatre] (formerly "Sale Redutowe"). Various rebuildings. 1939 burnt out during the German siege of Warszawa. 1944 further damages during the uprising against the German occupation. 1949 right wing rebuilt as national theatre. Until 1965, restoration of the entire complex by Bohdan Pniewski. Re-opened 20 Nov 1965. Currently, the complex houses theatres for opera (1900 seats) and drama, a ballet school, an opera studio, and the Polish Theatre Museum.

Notable world premieres:

  • Karol Szymanowski: Król Roger (12 Jun 1926)

Links: teatrwielki.pl, Wikipedia

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "150-lecie warszaweskiej premiery opery Halka Stanisława Moniuszki"
Publisher: Poczta Polska; I 2008
Type: postal card with printed stamp
Size: Modern
Sent: from Słupsk to Wrocław, 2008

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Teatr Wielki - Warszawa"
Publisher: R. Kropecki, Warszawa; Granbergs K. A., Stockholm
Type: Moonlight Card; Winter Card; Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Bremen (Germany), 1899

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Salon Kulikowskiego. Prawa zastreže.", " A. Piotrowski. Plac Teatralny. Warszawa"
Publisher: S. M. P. Kr.; No. 54
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warszawa, Teatr"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warszawa. Teatr Wielki. - Theater."
Publisher: Wydawnictwo Salonu Malarzy Polskich w. Krakowie 1915; No. 17; SSSH
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warszawa. Teatr Wielki."
Publisher: Wydawnictwo K. Wojutyńskiego, Warszawa; HUSS
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warschau, Großes Theater - Warszawa, Teatr Wielki"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 14 May 1916
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Plauen (Germany) [stamp removed, postmark illegible]

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Picture: same picture as the card above, with a photomontage of a group of soldiers in the foreground
Reverse Text: "Am grossen Theater in Warschau"
Publisher: Vertriebsgesellschaft Deutscher Buchhändler, Berlin
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: by German Forces' Postal Service, to Chemnitz (Germany), 1917

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki", "Pinx. T. Cieslewski"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1919
Publisher: Wydawnictwo K. Wojutyńskiego, Warszawa
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Heppenheim/Bergstraße (Germany) [postmark illegible]

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa - Warsaw, Teatr Wielki - The Great Theatre"
Publisher: Nakł. Photo-Plat, Warszawa; Ser. A. Nr. 24
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Lublin to Balen-Nethe (Belgium) [postmark partly illegible, c.1925 stamp]

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warschau, Grosses Theater - Warszawa, Teatr Wielki"
Publisher: Wyd. "Ryngraf", Warszawa
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warszawa w nocy, Pomnik Bogusławskiego - Teatr Wielki"
Publisher: Fot. F. Gazda, Warszawa; 35
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki - Foyer"
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 34-1297/C N 13 83
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: from Ludwigshafen/Rhein (Germany) to Zagreb (Yugoslavia), 1973

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki, WidowniaFoyer"
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 34-1224, z III 522 65
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warszawa - Teatr Wielki"
Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki - widownia, foyer, glówna klatka schodowa, hall, kuluar."
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 34-Z-2/C; N10; 929
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki"
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 34-2591/B, P 66, VII/256/68
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki"
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 34-2476/II/72, VII-292/69
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki"
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 34-2052/II/69
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Picture: rear view
Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki"
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 34-2298/III/B, VII-579/69
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Stamp (Poland, 1975)
Text: "30 Lecie Wyzwolenia Warszawy" [30th Anniversary of the Liberation of Warsaw]

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Teatr Wielki w Warszawie. Widownia od strony sceny."
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"; 54-389 Z. 5503 B 22 II-2/1349/75
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Reverse Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Wielki"
Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch"
Size: 14.8 x 7.4 cm
Sent: from Warszawa to Nürnberg (Germany), 1976

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Stamp (Poland, 1983)
Text: "150 lat Teatru Wielkiego"

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "150 lat Teatru Wielkiego 1833-1983"
Type: First Day Cover (24 Feb 1983)
Size: 16.0 x 11.5 cm
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Warszawa, Teatr Narodowy"
Reverse Text: "Warszawa"
Publisher: Pan Dragon, Gdańsk; 5 907736 300037
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Warszawa: Teatr Wielki Front Text: "Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa - Warszawa"
Publisher: Poczta Polska; VII 2004
Type: postal card with printed stamp
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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