Drottningholm Palace Theatre (SE) [Stockholm]
type: Item
label: Schlosstheater Drottningholm @de
label: Drottningholms teatern (SE) @sv
label: Theatre van Drottningholm Paleis @nl
label: Teatro del Castello di Drottningholm @it
label: Teatro de Drottningholm @es
description: Theatre building in Sweden, opened in 1766
description: Is een van de weinige 18e-eeuwse theaters in Europa die nog steeds wordt gebruikt als een theater met zijn originele toneelmachines. @nl
description: Edificio teatrale in Svezia, inaugurato nel 1766 @it
alternative label: Drottningholm Palace Theatre (SE)
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Type of information: collection
Wikidata source: Q3058143
Country: Sweden
GPS: Point(17.885 59.3231)
EUTA building identifier: 381
architect: Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz
Building date: 1766-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1792-01-01T00:00:00Z
discovery date: 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
City: Stockholm
theatrEurope table: HST_0023
context: Drottningholms Slottsteater - Arkitekt C. F. Adelcrantz 1766 - Scenmaskineri av Donato Stopani (scene machinery by Donato Stopani) Heutige Nutzung: Sommerfestspiele, ca. 40 Aufführungen.
Capacity: 454
opening date: 1673-01-01T00:00:00Z
Web: www.dtm.se
member Perspectiv: yes
Member of: PERSPECTIV
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Nordic Route
Importance: international importance
time frame: Baroque
Instance of: Canon Anno Teatri card game
Anno teatri id: 94
Canon Event Label: Drottningholm Theatre, Stockholm
Source URL: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_kuQKK74=/
significant person: Agne Beijer
significant person: Gustav III of Sweden
significant person: Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
Wikidata instance: Q570116
Carthalia ID: 647
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1766 by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz for Queen Lovisa Ulrika, replacing an earlier theatre (destroyed by a fire in 1762). Interior decoration made from stucco, papier mâché, and painting. Stage machinery by Donato Stopani (still intact - including moving waves, trapdoors, cloud cars, lighting machinery and wind and thunder machinery). After Gustav III's death in 1792, the theatre was forgotten. Rediscovered in the 1920s by Agne Beijer. Subsequently restored, with electrifaction of the light system. Re-opened 19 August 1922. 1991 inscription in the Unseco World Heritage list, together with Drottningholm palace, the Chinese Pavilion and the surrounding park. Used for opera and ballet performances, and for guest performances of the Kungl. Operan Stockholm. The theatre has a special reputation for reconstructing 18th century ballet and opera performances as authentically as possible. 400 seats.