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42: 251:. The reconstruction adhered to Gerhard Schnitger’s original design, but modifications were made to replace gas lighting with electrical lighting. A large dome roof was added in order to accommodate a water tank above the stage area – an important fire protection measure at the time. Workshop space was expanded. The interior walls and ceilings were lavishly decorated with baroque-style mouldings, wall sculptures, frescoes. The new electrical lighting was integrated into the decoration. The theatre then reopened in October 1893. 246:
Only ten years later, in November 1891, the new building burnt to the ground after a fire accident. The theatre company continued to work in a temporary wood building nearby while the destroyed venue was rebuilt under the supervision of Oldenburg court architect Franz Noack and Paul Moritz Zimmer, an
227:, on 1 February 1833. At that time it was a wooden structure built by local master carpenter Herman Wilhelm Muck, who also owned the building. Founder and first director of the theatre was Carl Christian Ludwig Starklof (1789–1850), a lawyer and writer who served as a 242:
The wooden building was given up in 1881 when the theatre moved into the more imposing new Renaissance-style stone building designed by court architect Gerhard Schnitger. It was built next to the old structure.
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Geschichte der Oper am Landestheater in Oldenburg 1921–1938. Ein Beitrag zur Musikgeschichte der Stadt Oldenburg vor dem Hintergrund der sozialen und politischen Entwicklung dieser Epoche
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in Oldenburg. Also involved was actor Johann Christian Gerber (1785–1850) who had previously directed a theatre in the neighbouring city of Bremen. The founding was supported by
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Henneberg, Jörg Michael / Kreier, Peter: Musentempel des Historismus im neuen Glanze – Zur Baugeschichte des Oldenburgischen Staatstheaters. In:
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Hoftheater, Landestheater, Staatstheater. Beiträge zur Geschichte des oldenburgischen Theaters 1833–1983
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Theater in Oldenburg. Wesen und Werden einer nordwestdeutschen Bühne
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Kulturland – Zeitschrift der Oldenburgischen Landschaft
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View at the corner of Theaterwall and Roonstraße (2017)
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Photo of the main theatre building
Oldenburg
Capacity
www.staatstheater.de
theater
Oldenburg
Lower Saxony
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
privy councilor
Grand Duchess Cecilia
Chemnitz
Gerber, Johann Christian.
Kulturland – Zeitschrift der Oldenburgischen Landschaft. Issue 4/2011.
Theaterbau aus Holz im Februar 1833 eröffnet
ISBN
3-87358-149-3
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3-87358-165-5
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3-87358-184-1
Official website
Historical photographs of the theatre
53°8′21″N 8°12′36″E / 53.13917°N 8.21000°E / 53.13917; 8.21000
Categories
Opera houses in Germany
Theatres in Lower Saxony
Buildings and structures in Oldenburg (city)
Tourist attractions in Oldenburg (city)
Theatres completed in 1833
Theatres completed in 1881

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