Duisburg: Stadttheater

Country: Germany (Deutschland)
State: Nordrhein-Westfalen
City: Duisburg
Location: Neckarstraße 1 / König-Heinrich-Platz

Built 1911-1912 by Martin Dülfer for the city of Duisburg. Opened 7 November 1912 with Schiller's "Wallensteins Lager" and the "Festwiese" scene from Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". Destroyed by bombs on 20 Dec 1942, with only the foyers and the exterior walls surviving. 1945-1945 safety measures. 1950-1951 auditorium rebuilding by Siegfried von Tilling (with only two instead of the original four balconies). 1951-1952 reconstruction of the stagehouse. Since 1956, home to the "Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg" opera company (together with the Opernhaus Düsseldorf). Re-opened 30 Sep 1956 with Verdi's "Falstaff". 1983-1987 façade renovations and modernization of the stage technology. Originally 1652 seats, today 1118 seats.

Notable world premieres:

  • Max Brand: Maschinist Hopkins (13 Apr 1929)
  • Alexander Goehr: Die Wiedertäufer (19 Apr 1985)

Links: duisburg.de, operamrhein.de, Wikipedia

Duisburg: Stadttheater Front Text: "Duisburg. Stadttheater"
Publisher: Cramers Kunstanstalt, Dortmund; Nr. 22448
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Duisburg: Stadttheater Front Text: "Duisburg, Stadttheater, Erfrischungsraum"
Publisher: Kunstverlag Paul Gerngroß, Duisburg; 792
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Duisburg: Stadttheater Front Text: "Duisburg - Stadttheater"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 12 Feb 1924
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Duisburg to Alzey [postmark illegible]

Duisburg: Stadttheater Front Text: "Duisburg, Oper"
Publisher: Adlbercht Häse, Duisburg
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: from Duisburg to Essen, 1 Mar 1942

Duisburg: Stadttheater Front Text: "Duisburg - Stadttheater"
Publisher: Ansichtskartenfabrik Schöning & Co., Lübeck; Duis 22-e
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
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Duisburg: Stadttheater Reverse Text: "Duisburg"
Publisher: 160774/30 U
Size: Modern
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Duisburg: Stadttheater Reverse Text: "Duisburg - Stadttheater"
Publisher: Hubert Knappe, Düsseldorf
Size: Modern
Sent: from Duisburg to Sasbachwalden, 1964

Duisburg: Stadttheater Reverse Text: "41 Duisburg - Stadttheater"
Size: Modern
Not sent. [commemorative postmark: 12 April 1971]

Duisburg: Stadttheater Picture: after the 1987 renovation
Reverse Text: "Duisburg - Theater"
Publisher: Holsten-Karte, Bild-Druck & Verlag GmbH, Lübeck
Size: Modern
Sent: from Duisburg to Köln, 1996

Duisburg: Stadttheater Picture: after the 1987 renovation
Front Text: "Duisburg - Theater"
Publisher: Cramers Kunstanstalt, Dortmund; Dug 594
Size: Modern
Sent: from Duisburg to Köln, 1997

Duisburg: Stadttheater Reverse Text: "Die besten Tickets fürs Theater Duisburg gibt's im Opernshop. Tickethotline [...]"
Publisher: Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Size: Modern
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Duisburg: Stadttheater Picture: lights at the auditorium balcony
Front Text: "Rangerscheinungen"
Publisher: Theater Duisburg
Size: Modern
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Duisburg: Stadttheater Picture: cloakroom hooks
Front Text: "Full Jacket Metal"
Publisher: Theater Duisburg
Size: Modern
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Duisburg: Stadttheater Picture: sculpture "5 Arcs x 5" by Bernard Venet (2007)
Front Text: "Ich bin kein Förderturm"
Reverse Text: "Foto: Theater Duisburg" and text advertising a PR agency
Publisher: Publicity Werbung GmbH
Size: advertisement card, not designed for postal use
Not sent.

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