Wilhelma Theater [Stuttgart]
type: Item
label: Wilhelma-Theater @nl
description: Theatre building in Stuttgart, Germany
description: theater in Stuttgart @nl
alternative label: Wilhelma Theater
EUTA building identifier: 654
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Stuttgart
GPS: Point(9.2095 48.8054)
Wikidata source: Q2576148
opening date: 1840-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Karl Ludwig Wilhelm Zanth
Propertylabel: 149
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2123
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1839/1840 by Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Zahnth as Sommertheater im Rosensteinpark (350 seats) for King Wilhelm I. of Württemberg. Opened 25 May 1840 with Ignaz Lachner's ballet Der Zauberschlaf. Renovated and rebuilt in 1900 (567 seats), 1903 (633 seats) and 1909 (726 seats). 1900-1929 used as a private theatre. After 1945, shortly used as a cinema, later closed. 1985-1987 major reconstruction to the original 1840 designs (349 seats), installation of a studio theatre (80 seats). Re-opened 3 December 1987 with Frank Wedekind's Frühlings Erwachen. Used by the local music and theatre college, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart.