Theater Magdeburg

Theater Magdeburg is the principal theatre organization in Magdeburg, Germany, the capital of the state Saxony-Anhalt. It was formed in 2004 with the merger of two theatres, the Theaters der Landeshauptstadt and the Freie Kammerspiele . It presents performances of opera, ballet, musical theatre, concerts, and plays, listed in detail from 2011. Theater Magdeburg has its own opera, ballet, and theatre companies and is the home of the Magdeburg Philhamonic orchestra. It has three main performing venues. the Opernhaus , the Schauspielhaus , and the DomplatzOpenAir which is set up each summer near Magdeburg Cathedral.
Theater Magdeburg's opera house is located at 9 Universitätsplatz ). The original theatre, known as the Centraltheater, was built in 1907 and was used as a venue for variety shows and from 1922 for operettas. The Centraltheater was destroyed during the World War II bombings and rebuilt after the war. It re-opened on 21 December 1951 as the Maxim-Gorki-Theater, named for the Russian playwright Maxim Gorki. In May 1990, shortly after German reunification began, a fire destroyed a large part of the stage. After an extensive project of rebuilding and renovation, the theatre reopened as the Theater der Landeshauptstadt .

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