Leopoldstädter Theater (Vienna, Austria)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q255887
Library of congress:
sh2012000971
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Kasperl-La Roche: seine Kunst, seine Komik und das Leopoldstädter Theater, 2010.
- AEIOU Encyclopedia WWW site, Mar. 9, 2012(Leopoldstädter Theater, traditional suburban theatre in the 2nd district of Vienna, opened in 1781)
- Wikipedia, Mar. 9, 2012(Theater in der Leopoldstadt, also known as the Leopoldstädter Theater, opera house in Vienna founded in 1781, demolished and rebuilt as the Carltheater in 1847)
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Wikipedia description:
The Theater in der Leopoldstadt (also: Leopoldstädter Theater) was an opera house in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna, founded in 1781 by Karl von Marinelli, following the Schauspielfreiheit (ending of the court's monopoly on entertainment) by Joseph II in 1776. The 19th-century summer stage called the Thaliatheater was also managed by the Leopoldstadt. In its early years, the theatre staged Singspiele and Possen mit Gesang, notably by the theatre's Kapellmeister Wenzel Müller and his assistant Ferdinand Kauer. The dramatist Ferdinand Raimund worked with the theatre in the 1820s. The theatre was eventually demolished and rebuilt in 1847, under the name of the Carltheater.
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