Magdeburg: Opernhaus

Country: Germany (Deutschland)
State: Sachsen-Anhalt
City: Magdeburg
Location: Universitätsplatz 9 (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz)

Built 1906-1907 as "Zentral-Theater" by W. Fischer. Opened 1907 as a private variety theatre. Also used for operetta performances. 1556 seats. Destroyed by bombs on 16 Jan 1945.

1947-1951 rebuilding to simplified plans. Re-opened 20 Dec 1951 with Ernst Fischer's "Der große Verrat". Renamed "Maxim-Gorki-Theater" in honour of the Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). 1984 reconstruction. Ca. 1990 renamed "Theater der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg". Stagehouse destroyed by a fire on 20 May 1990. 1993-1997 rebuilding and extension. Re-opened 4 oct 1997 with Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". Later renamed "Opernhaus". Used for opera performances by the resident "Theater Magdeburg" opera company. 904 seats.

Links: www.theater-magdeburg.de, EUTA, Wikipedia: company, Wikidata: building

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: "Magdeburg, Zentral-Theater", inscription: "Zentral-Theater"
Publisher: Hugo Meyer Kunstverlag, Lübeck; 1909
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: "Magdeburg. Zentraltheater.", inscription: "Zentral-Theater"
Publisher: Vereinigte Kunst-Druckereien Metz & Lautz, Darmstadt
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Magdeburg to Leitzkau, 1911

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: "Magdeburg, Zentral-Theater mit Breiteweg", inscription: "Zentral-Theater"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: by German Forces' Postal Service, from Magdeburg to Osterburg, 1915

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: "Zentral-Theater Magdeburg", "Zuschauerraum", "Vestibül"
Publisher: Direktion des Zentral-Theaters; 1416
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Barleben to Rixdorf, 1908

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: "Zentral-Theater Magdeburg", "Bühne", "Vestibül"
Publisher: Direktion des Zentral-Theaters; 1417
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Magdeburg to Berlin, 1910

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: "Zentral-Theater-Restaurant", "Hauptsaal", "Grüner Saal"
Reverse Text: "Magdeburger Zentral-Theater"
Publisher: Direktion des Magdeburger Zentral-Theaters
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Magdeburg to Halberstadt, 1917

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: inscription: "Zentral-Theater"
Reverse Text: "Magdeburger Zentral-Theater"
Publisher: Direktion des Magdeburger Zentral-Theaters; 0377
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Magdeburg to Plauen i. Vogtland, 1921

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: inscription: "Zentral-Theater"
Reverse Text: "Das Zentral-Theater"
Publisher: ?; Reg. Nr. IV-14-2
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt) Front Text: "Magdeburg - HO-Warenhaus und Maxim-Gorki-Theater"
Publisher: Gebr. Gerloff, Magdeburg; IV-14-45 N 73/54
Size: Modern
Sent: from Eldena to Leipzig [postmark illegible]

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt) Reverse Text: "Magdeburg - Maxim-Gorki-Theater"
Publisher: VEB Volkskunstverlag, Reichenbach i. V.; III/18/74 10/10 A 246/55 DDR
Size: Classic
Sent: from Magdeburg to Münster/Westfalen, 1956

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt) Reverse Text: "Magdeburg - Maxim-Gorki-Theater"
Publisher: Gebr. Gerloff KG, Magdeburg; N 1/64 IV-14-45
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt) Front Text: "Magdeburg - Maxim-Gorki-Theater", inscription: "Maxim-Gorki-Theater"
Publisher: Gebr. Gerloff, Magdeburg
Size: Modern
Sent: from Magdeburg to Harzgerode, 1965

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Picture: above, left: exterior, above, right: view from the stage into the auditorium; below, left: Schauspielhaus (then known as "Kammerspiele")
Front Text: "Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg Maxim Gorki"
Reverse Text: "Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg. Großes Haus 'Maxim Gorki'. Kammerspiele."
Publisher: Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg; Druck: Jansa, Gnadau; IV/22/6 NK-G-12/150/88
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: inscription: "Maxim-Gorki-Theater"
Reverse Text: "Magdeburg, Theater"
Publisher: Gerhard Balfanz GmbH, Garbsen; Magb 02
Size: Modern
Sent: from Magdeburg to Bonn, 1991

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Front Text: "Die Bilder einer Stadt"
Reverse Text: "Der Wandel vom Zentraltheater auf dem Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz in den 20-er Jahren zum heutigen Theater der Landeshauptstadt auf dem Universitätsplatz"
Publisher: General-Anzeiger, Magdeburg; City Cards; Kalender Edition Nr. 34
Size: Modern
Sent: from Magdeburg to Bonn, 1991

Magdeburg: Theater der Landeshauptstadt Picture: after the 1997 rebuilding
Front Text: inscription: "Theater der Landeshauptstadt"
Reverse Text: "Theater der Landeshauptsadt Magdeburg"
Publisher: Cun Druck, Calbe
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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