Burgtheater - Court Theatre at Vienna's Hofburg. Established in 1741 by decree of Empress Maria Theresa. During the XVIII and XIX centuries. was one of the most prestigious theaters in German-speaking world. Here were given the premiere of Mozart's opera Abduction from the Seraglio (1782), The Marriage of Figaro (1786) and tutte (1790). In October, 1888the theater was transferred to a new building on the Ringstrasse .
In the early XX century in the theater played a major actor in Europe J. Kainz . On the main stage of the theater was the classical repertoire , and modern writers were put on the stage of mainly branch in Akademiteatre . After the building was destroyed by bombing in 1945, AlliedThe theater was located in a former vaudeville Ronaher . The building was restored in 1953-55 years .
Through active Peymanna Klaus , who headed the theater from 1986 to 1999 , Burgtheater became one of the leading European theaters. There were premieres of new plays, T. Bernhard , E. Jellinek , P. Handke, Peter Turrini .
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