Theater in der Josefstadt
The Theater in der Josefstadt is a
theater in Vienna in the eighth district of Josefstadt
. It was founded in 1788 and is the oldest still performing theater in Vienna. It is often referred to colloquially as simply Die Josefstadt.
Following remodeling and rebuilding in 1822 — celebrated by the performance of the overture . From 1858 onwards the theatre gave up opera and instead concentrated on straight theatre and comedy.
Major figures in musical and theatrical history connected with the house
- Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner conducted there.
- Johann Nestroy and Ferdinand Raimund were connected to the theater as actors and poets.
- Johann Strauss I performed in the Sträußelsälen.
- In 1814, Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller.
- In 1822, Die Weihe des Hauses composed and directed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- In 1829 Johann Nestroy debuted as an actor with the Die Verbannung aus dem Zauberreich oder Dreißig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Lumpen.
- From 1833 to 1836 Conradin Kreutzer was the theater conductor and on 13 January 1834, his romantic opera Das Nachtlager in Granada was first performed in the theater.
- On 20 February 1834, Ferdinand Raimund's Der Verschwender was first performed with the poet in the role of Valentin (with stage music by Kreutzer).
- Between around 1840 and 1860, famous dancers Fanny Elssler and the Spanish Pepita de Oliva performed in the theater.
- Franz von Suppé wrote music for over a hundred productions at the theater.
- The first German-language performance of Ferenc Molnár's Liliom with Josef Jarno in the title role on 28 February 1913 played a key role in the piece's long-lasting appeal.
Directors (with their years of service)
- 1788 – 1812 Karl Felix Mayer
- 1812 – 1822 ?
- 1822 – 1824 Karl Friedrich Hensler
- 1824 – 1828 J. von Scheidlin
- 1828 – 1831 Carl Carl
- 1831 – 1834 Johann August Stöger
- 1834 – 1836 Scheiner
- 1837 – 1848 Franz Pokorny
- 1848 – 1865 ?
- 1865 – 1866 Johann Fürst
- 1866 – 1871 ?
- 1871 – 1877 Johann Fürst
- 1877 – 1899 ?
- 1899 – 1923 Josef Jarno
- 1924 – 1926 Max Reinhardt
- 1926 – 1933 Max Reinhardt and Emil Geyer
- 1933 – 1935 Max Reinhardt and Otto Preminger
- 1935 – 1938 Max Reinhardt and Ernst Lothar
- 1938 – 1938 Robert Valberg
- 1938 – 1945 Heinz Hilpert
- 1945 – 1953 Rudolf Steinboeck
- 1953 – 1958 Franz Stoßand Ernst Haeussermann
- 1958 – 1977 Franz Stoß
- 1977 – 1984 Ernst Haeussermann
- 1984 – 1988 Heinrich Kraus (in September 1986 Boy Gobert was to become director, but died only a few months before)
- 1988 – 1997 Otto Schenk and Robert Jungbluth
- 1997 – 1999 Helmuth Lohner and Robert Jungbluth
- 1999 – 2003 Alexander Götz and Robert Jungbluth
- 2003 – 2004 Hans Gratzer
- 2004 – 2006 Helmuth Lohner
- 2006 – Herbert Föttinger
Famous ensemble members
External links
- Theater in der Josefstadt – official website
- Media related to Theater in der Josefstadt at Wikimedia Commons