München: Nationaltheater (Bayerische Staatsoper)

Country: Germany (Deutschland)
State: Bayern
City: München
Location: Max-Joseph-Platz 2

Built 1811-1818 as "Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater" for König Maximilian I. Joseph von Bayern by Karl von Fischer. Opened 12 Oct 1818 with Albert Klebe's "Die Weihe". Destroyed by a fire in 1823. Restored 1823-1824 nearly unaltered by Leo von Klenze, funded by a specially created beer tax. Destroyed by bombs on 2/3 Oct 1943. Freely reconstructed 1958-1963 by Gerhard Graubner. Re-opened 21 Nov 1963 with Richard Strauss's "Die Frau ohne Schatten". 1800 seats (+ 300 standing).

Notable world premieres:

  • Franz Lachner: Alidia (12 Apr 1839)
  • Franz Lachner: Catharina Cornaro (3 Dec 1841)
  • Franz Lachner: Benvenuto Cellini (7 Oct 1849)
  • Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (10 June 1865)
  • Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (21 June 1868)
  • Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold (22 Sep 1869)
  • Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (26 June 1870)
  • Richard Wagner: Die Feen (29 June 1888)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck: Die Königskinder (23 Jan 1897)
  • Alexander Zemlinsky: Sarema (10 Oct 1897)
  • Siegfried Wagner: Der Bärenhäuter (22 Jan 1899)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi (19 Mar 1906)
  • Hans Pfitzner: Das Christelflein (11 Dec 1906)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna (4 Dec 1909)
  • Erich W. Korngold: Der Ring des Polykrates / Violanta (28 Mar 1916)
  • Walter Braunfels: Die Vögel (30 Nov 1920)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Das Himmelskleid (21 Apr 1927)
  • Hans Pfitzner: Das Herz (12 Nov 1931)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Il Campiello (27 Dec 1936)
  • Richard Strauss: Friedenstag (24 July 1938)
  • Carl Orff: Der Mond (5 Feb 1939)
  • Richard Strauss: Capriccio (28 Oct 1942)
  • Werner Egk: Die Verlobung in San Domingo (27 Nov 1963)
  • Aribert Reimann: Lear (9 July 1978)
  • Giuseppe Sinopoli: Lou Salomé (10 May 1981)
  • Volker David Kirchner: Belshazar (25 Jan 1986)
  • Aribert Reimann: Troades (7 July 1986)
  • Aribert Reimann: Bernarda Albas Haus (30 Oct 2000)
  • Jörg Widmann: Babylon (27 Oct 2012)

Links: www.staatsoper.de, EUTA, Wikipedia

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "München, Nationaltheater im 19. Jahrh.", "Original im Stadtmuseum München"
Publisher: Verlag Fritz Witzig, München; Nr. 609
Type: late 20th-century reproduction of a 19th-century image
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Gruss aus München", "Hoftheater"
Publisher: Stengel & Co., Dresden; 1002
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München to Wien (Austria), 1897

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Hoftheater", "München"
Handwritten Front Text: "Bin großer Freund von nur Künstler- oder Aquarell-Karten!" [message by a postcard collector]
Publisher: Karl Stücker's Kunstanstalt, München; 7114a; Alleinverk. Paul Bermann, München
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: by Courier Privat-Stadtpost within München, 1898

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Gruss aus München", "K. Hoftheater"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München to Düsseldorf, 1898

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München, Kgl. Hof- und Nationaltheater", signed: M. Zeno Diemer
Publisher: Ottmar Zieher Kunstanstalt, München; Dep. No. 211; Künstlerpostkarte No. 1038
Type: Winter Card; Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München, Kgl. Hoftheater"
Publisher: Emil Männer, München, Lithogr. u. Verlag; 35
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München to Chihuahua (Mexico), 1909

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Muenchen, Kgl. Hof- u. Nationaltheater."
Publisher: Lithogr. u. Verlag v. Männer & Kirschner, München; Druck v. J. Vogelsang, München
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München, Hoftheater", signed: Paul Hey
Publisher: Ottmar Zieher Kunstanstalt, München; Dep. No. 399; Künstlerpostkarte No. 2134
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München to Wien (Austria), 1900

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Handwritten Front Text: "Gruß aus München"
Publisher: K. S. P. M.; Nr. 252
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: left: Cuvilliés-Theater (Altes Residenztheater) at its original location, centre: Nationaltheater
Front Text: "Gruß aus München - Hoftheater"
Publisher: Verlag Aug. Fleischmann, München; W. Hagelberg Akt.ges., Berlin
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München to Paris (France), 1900

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München - Hoftheater"
Publisher: Lith. u. Druck Georg Brunner, Nürnberg
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München to Schöngeising, 1907

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München", "Königl. Hoftheater", signed: R. Muth
Publisher: [Schneider Verlagsanstalt, Berlin] (according to a handwritten note by a postcard collector or dealer)
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: left: Cuvilliés-Theater (Altes Residenztheater) at its original location, centre: Nationaltheater
Front Text: "München, Kgl. Hof- und Nationaltheater"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München, Kgl. Hoftheater mit Residenz", signed: Richard Wagner
Publisher: C A & Co.; Aquarell-Serie München; No. 8
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from München to Aachen, 1911

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: left: Cuvilliés-Theater (Altes Residenztheater) at its original location, centre: Nationaltheater
Reverse Text: "München, Hof- und Nationaltheater"
Publisher: Theo Stroefer's Städteansichen; Serie 746, No. 4
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München, Hoftheater"
Publisher: 4306/799
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: auditorium
Reverse Text: "Kgl. Hoftheater"
Publisher: Verlag J. Ritthaler, München; 27586
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: auditorium
Publisher: Hanns Holdt, München
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "München 1945/46: Bayerische Staatsoper. Nach einem Aquarell von Gerhard Reitz."
Publisher: Herbert Schwarz Kunstverlag, München-Gröbenzell; Publication Authorized by 6870 DISCC. US-Army / Authorization No. 8566
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "Hoftheater, erbaut von Klenze 1823-25, zerstört Dezember 1944 - Court Theater, erected by Klenze in 1823-1825, destroyed in December 1944"
Publisher: Kulturbaufonds der Landeshauptstadt München
Type: benefit card for the rebuilding of the theatre
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Nationaltheater 1945"
Reverse Text: "Zerstörtes München 1945. Säulenhalle des um 1812 erbauten Nationaltheaters"
Publisher: Foto-Silchmüller, München; Nr. 162
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: Nationaltheater ruin, ca. 1958
Reverse Text: "Das Nationaltheater vor dem Beginn des Wiederaufbaus, München um 1958 (aus dem Buch 'München farbig', Verlag Franz Schiermeier)"
Publisher: Verlag Sebastian Winkler, München; W 637
Type: 2020s postcard of a 1958 photograph
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: signed Fritz Hierl
Reverse Text: "München, Nationalthater"
Publisher: Kunstdruck Camillus Lehle, München
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: left: new Residenz-Theater, centre: Nationaltheater
Reverse Text: "München, Nationaltheater, The Theatre National, Le Theatre nationale"
Publisher: Münchner Bildkunstverlag August Lengauer, München; Nr. 885a
Size: Modern
Sent: from München to Rotthalmünster, 1965

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "München. National Theater, Zuschauerraum"
Publisher: Hans Andres Verlag, München; M 186/4175
Size: Modern
Sent: from Heilsbronn to Tourcoing (France) [stamp and part of postmark removed]

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "Zuschauerraum des wiederaufgebauten Nationaltheater München - Wiedereröffnung: 21. November 1963" [Auditorium of the re-erected Nationaltheater. Re-opened on 21 Nov 1963]
Publisher: Franz Witzig, München
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater First Day Cover (6 May 1964)
Text: "Hauptstädte der Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - München" [Capital Cities of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany]
Stamp: "Hauptstädte der Bundesländer"
Postmark: "München - Nationaltheater"

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "München, Nationaltheater - Treppenaufgang zum nördlichen Jonischen Saal" [staircase to the northern Ionic Hall]
Publisher: Franz Witzig, München
Size: Modern
Sent: from München to Solingen, 1967

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: left: new Residenz-Theater, centre: Nationaltheater
Reverse Text: "München, Nationaltheater und Residenztheater, Bayerische Staatsoper"
Publisher: Krüger
Size: Modern
Sent: from München to Wegscheid, 1968

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: left: new Residenz-Theater, centre: Nationaltheater
Reverse Text: "Petra Moll, Nationaltheater München. Aus dem Buch München von Petra Moll und Ernst Hoferichter."
Publisher: Ackermann Kunstverlag, München; A 4804
Size: Modern
Sent: from München to Varese (Italy), 1982

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Stamp (Romania, 1985)
Text: "Opera din München", "Richard Strauss 1864-1949"

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: signed: A. Tsesevich 86
Reverse Text: "Myunkhen. Operny teatr. [...]", "Khudozhnik A. P. Tsesevich, 'Lenin v Myunkhene'" [painting by Alexander Platonovich Tsesevich from a Soviet Union card series about Lenin's time in München fom 1900 to 1901, but showing the post-World War II situation with the new Residenztheater and modern cars]
Publisher: Izobrasitelnoye Iskusstvo, Moskva; 1988
Type: Souvenir Card, not designed for postal use
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München - Eine Stadt mit Herz"
Reverse Text: "München ... Nationaltheater"
Publisher: Verlag Schöning & Co. + Gebr. Schmidt, Lübeck
Size: 23 x 12 cm
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: auditorium seats
Front Text: "53 54 54" (telephone number)
Reverse Text: "Werden Sie Mitglied! Theatergemeinde München. Theaterkarten- und Abonnement-Vermittlung [...] Motiv: Nationaltheater, München"
Publisher: Theatergemeinde e. V. München
Type: Advertisement Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: shelves with wigs for a production of Handel's opera "Ariodante"
Front Text: "Führungen durch das Nationaltheater im Juni 2003" [Guided Tours of the National Theatre in June 2003"
Reverse Text: advertising guided theatre tours
Publisher: Bayerische Staatsoper, München
Type: Advertisement Card, not designed for postal use
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Picture: children on the stage during a guided tour
Front Text: "Oper für Kinder April - Juli 2004"
Reverse Text: advertising guided theatre tours and children's opera performances
Publisher: Bayerische Staatsoper, München
Type: Advertisement Card, not designed for postal use
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: 5 theatres Picture: above left: Münchner Volkstheater, above right: Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, below left: Residenztheater, below right: Nationaltheater (stage entrance), middle: Münchner Kammerspiele
Reverse Text: advertising student subscriptions by Theaterjugendring München
Publisher: Theaterjugendring München
Size: 21 x 9.7 cm
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "München, Nationaltheater"
Publisher: Editions Cartolaser; 3459
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München Nationaltheater"
Reverse Text: "München - Munich - Monaco di Baviera, Nationaltheater am Max-Joseph-Platz"
Publisher: Fotoverlag Huber, Garmisch-Partenkirchen; Nr. 3752
Size: 16.4 x 11.4 cm
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper"
Reverse Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper, Frontansicht Nationaltheater"
Publisher: Bayerische Staatsoper, München
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper"
Reverse Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper, Fassade zur Festspielzeit 2011"
Publisher: Bayerische Staatsoper, München
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper"
Reverse Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper, Zuschauerraum mit Königsloge"
Publisher: Bayerische Staatsoper, München
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper"
Reverse Text: "Bayerische Staatsoper, Blick von der Hinterbühne in den Zuschauerraum"
Publisher: Bayerische Staatsoper, München
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Reverse Text: "Das Bayerische Staatsorchester mit Kirill Petrenko"
Publisher: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: autograph: Petrenko
Reverse Text: "Kirill Petrenko dirigiert das Bayerische Staatsorchester"
Publisher: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München"
Reverse Text: "Nationaltheater"
Publisher: MD Edition, München; Nr. W 27
Size: 16.3 x 11.3 cm
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Front Text: "München"
Publisher: Monika Geßl, Blickpunktwechsel; 0101
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Muenchen: Nationaltheater Publisher: Monika Geßl, Blickpunktwechsel; 2206
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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