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First theatre – 1818 to 1823. The first theatre was commissioned in 1810 by King Maximilian I of Bavaria because the nearby Cuvilliés Theatre had too little space. It was designed by Karl von Fischer, with the 1782 Odéon in Paris as architectural precedent.
Construction of a new Nationaltheater began in 1958 with the goal being to recreate Karl von Fischer’s original design. After five years of building work, the theatre’s ensemble – who had temporarily moved to the Prinzregententheater (Prince Regent’s Theatre) for the interim – returned home in November 1963.
Situated on Max-Joseph Platz in Munich, Germany, the National Theatre of Bavaria (Bayerische Staatsoper) proudly presents the main works of German opera and ballet (the theatre is home to the Bavarian State Opera and the National Ballet Company, or Bayerisches Staatsballett).
At the time of its construction, the National Theatre was the largest free-standing theatre building in Europe and the largest theatre in Germany. To this day, it remains the largest in...
- The National Theater was built — and burned down — three times. Construction on Munich’s National Theater began in October 1811 but stalled because of finance issues in 1813.
- Residents tried to save the burning theater with beer. Fire was no stranger to buildings back in the day, so the architects of The National Theater purposely built the theater above a water supply to easily extinguish a fire, should the need arise.
- The National Theater is the 5th most important opera house in Europe. Now for some stats: the National Theater is the fifth most important opera theater in Europe based on quality of sound (thanks to the use of wood throughout the building) and number of performances, which hovers around 100 different productions per year (second only to Vienna’s Staatsoper).
- There are no box seats at the National Theater. The theater’s architect, Karl von Fischer, wanted to make an opera house for the people — not just the rich — hence the name National Theater.
The National Theatre (Nationaltheater in German) has been the home of the Bavarian State Opera since 1818. Over the years, the 2,101-seat opera house has been rebuilt twice: in 1823, after a fire destroyed the interior, and again from 1957 to 1963 to repair extensive damage from World War II bombing.
The Nationaltheater was built 1811 to 1818 and hosted premier performances of many of Richard Wagner’s operas including the mythological "Tristan und Isolde" in 1865 and "The Valkyrie" in 1870. This was during the reign of Wagner mega-fan and financier King Ludwig II.
