Theater Nordhausen [Nordhausen]
Theatre building in Nordhausen, Germany
theater in Nordhausen
Theater Nordhausen
Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße 15, 99734 Nordhausen
Built 1913-1917 by Vetterlein, replacing a former theatre building (built 1882 as Tivoli-Theater, demolished 1912). Interior decoration by Gustav Ricken. Opened 29 September 1917 with Beethoven's Egmont ouverture and drama excerpts by Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller. Auditorium and southern part of the theatre destroyed by bombs in 1945. 1948-1949 rebuilding of the interior in simplified forms. Re-opened 15 October 1949 with Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. 1990 major renovation. Originally 629 seats, today 495 seats.