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Theater Freiburg is a theatre in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Freiburg Theatre, sometimes also referred to as Stadttheater Freiburg (Freiburg City Theatre), formerly Städtische Bühnen (urban stages) Freiburg, is the oldest and biggest theatre in Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located in Bertoldstraße, on the edge of Freiburg's historic city centre and unites four venues under one roof: The Große Haus (main stage), the Kleine Haus (small stage), the Kammerbühne (chamber stage) and the Werkraum (workshop). The Winterer Foyer additionally hosts author readings, such as the Litera-Tour, chambermusic concerts and evening lectures on current affairs, like the Dream School series. Since September 2005 the theatre has been under independent ownership. == History == Up until the first decades of the 19th century the theatre performances in Freiburg were mainly staged in the Granary on the Münsterplatz, which later proved to be increasingly unsuitable for a “modern“ theatre. Thus it was decided to use the church of the abandoned monastery of the Augustinian hermits as the theatre. The architect Christoph Arnold was instructed to redesign the building accordingly. In 1823 the theatre was opened and the actors could return to the stage. In 1866 the “Privileged Theatre“ was taken over by the town following a decision by the district council. The first season of the current “Städtische Theater“ opened with Lessing's Emilia Galotti. Building of the present day theatre was started in 1905 under Otto Winterer, Lord Mayor of Freiburg at the time. It was designed by the Berlin architect Heinrich Seeling and built in the neo-barock style on the grounds of the former "Dauphin" bastion, part of Vauban's town fortifications.〔Peter Kalchthaler, ''Freiburg und seine Bauten'', Freiburg 1991, S. 48 ff.〕 The architectural sculptures were modelled out of plaster by Hermann Feuerhahn and realised by six sculptors from Freiburg: Julius Seitz, his students Louis Granget, Theodor Hengst and August Muessle, along with Ludwig Kubanek and a Berlin colleague, Albert Mayer. The building was opened to the public on October 8, 1910 with performances of both “Wallenstein's Camp” by Friedrich Schiller and the “Festwiese” from Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.〔 During World War I performances were first reduced and finally stopped completely on 14 September in 1915. On April 14, 1917 the south front of the theatre was damaged during an air raid. In January 1919 theater performances could start again. In 1936 a new stage, the “Kammerspiele” (chamber plays), opened with the performance of the play "Der Brandner Kaspar schaut ins Paradies" by Joseph Maria Lutz. In summer 1939 Joseph Schlippe, the head of the city’s building department, redesigned the auditorium completely in the style of the time. Most of the The Art Nouveau stucco was removed so that the whole room appeared in a simple style. On September 1st, 1944, Freiburg Theatre, like all German theatres, was shut down. A few months later, in November 1944, Freiburg was bombed and the theatre was badly damaged. Performances were resumed in October 1945 with Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. The plays were performed in any undamaged halls in the city centre and in the Wiehre. In 1946, the ''Chamber Theatre'' moved to a new location in the Wiehre. Soon after the Second World War the original building was rebuilt by the mayor, Hoffmann. To promote the quick reconstruction of the theatre, the mayor himself put on piano concerts and so collected 120,000 German marks to finance the project. In December 1949 the Große Haus (main stage) reopened with a performance of Richard Wagner's ''The Mastersingers of Nuremberg''. The lower levels of the building had been reconstructed quite simply and now housed the two cinemas Kamera (today's Winterer-Foyer) and Kurbel (today's small stage) – the commercial use of the building was intended to finance further reconstruction. The ''Kammerspiele'' in the Wiehre was abandoned in 1958, but the 'Kammertheater' (Chamber Theatre) opened in the main theatre with Max Frisch's ''The Fire Raisers''. With the first renovation in 1962, a rehearsal stage was built right under the roof. In the course of this, the decorative Art Nouveau gable, which had survived until then, was removed. In 1970, the ''Kamera'' was relocated inside the building and a further stage, the podium, added to this space. In 1973, Horst Antes created a wall painting with enamel paint on metal panels attached to the huge and still provisory west front of the theatre. During the renovation and modernization between 1996 and 1998, the ''Kurbel'' ("crank") was also closed. In these rooms the ''Kleine Haus'' (small stage) was subsequently installed as a performance stage. In order to do this an extension was added to the west front, which is now used by the “Cinemaxx” movie theatre. In the course of reconstruction the art work by Antes had to be removed and is now, in its constituent parts, in storage.〔''(Martin Flashar, Horst Antes zum 75. Geburtstag )'', KulturJoker Freiburg, Oktober 2011, Zugriff am 14. Oktober 2011〕 Around 30 premieres were presented during the 2010/11 season. One can choose from hundreds of performances every year. Freiburg Theater, under its director Barbara Mundel, and the slogan, “What kind of future do we want to live in?”, seeks dialogue with the city, searching for answers, models and opportunities. The scheduled reconstruction of the stagecraft, which is estimated at around 9 million euros, is currently being looked into due to a lack of financial means within Freiburg's cultural budget.() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theater Freiburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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