Peoples Theatre [Vienna]
type: Item
label: Volkstheater @nl
label: Volkstheater (Viena) @es
description: Theatre building in Vienna, Austria
description: theater in Wenen, Oostenrijk @nl
alternative label: Peoples Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1059
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Austria
City: Vienna
GPS: Point(16.3566 48.2051)
Wikidata source: Q688555
opening date: 1889-09-14T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135784
Internal image: Wien Volkstheater Zuschauerraum 1.jpg
Address: Museumstraße 2A
Web: www.volkstheater.at
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Hermann Helmer
Postal Code: 1070
Propertylabel: 196
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q193000
Carthalia ID: 77
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1888-1889 as Deutsches Volkstheater for Verein des Deutschen Volkstheaters by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. Opened 14 September 1889 with Ludwig Anzengruber's drama Der Fleck auf der Ehr. 1901 and 1911 extensions of stagehouse. 1907 extension by a foyer restaurant and box office. 1939-1945 part of the Nazi Kraft durch Freude programme (name changed to Kraft-durch-Freude-Theater). 1939 rebuilding including removal of the façade statues. 1944 dome and foyers destroyed by bombs. 1945 restored (except of the dome and the front tympanon) and renamed Volkstheater. 1980-1981 general exterior and interior renovation by Rudolf Jarosch to the original Fellner & Helmer plans, including a re-construction of the original dome. Originally 1900, today 1148 seats.