Theater Dortmund#Stadttheater Dortmund

Theater Dortmund's original theatre was designed by architect Martin Dülfer and built from 1902 to 1904. The theater's inaugural performance was of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser on 17 December 1904. Busoni's Doktor Faust was performed in 1925.

The building was significantly damaged from an aerial bombing on 1 March 1943, but remained in operation until 1 September 1944 when the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda of the Nazi government closed all German theatres. A second bombing on 6 October 1944 completely destroyed the original building.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaterdo.de/thgeschichte.php?sid=43b82df5e51b6a00befe1e7a781a2127 |title=Vom Provisorium zum modernen Theater |language=de |year=2010 |access-date=2 August 2010 |publisher=Theater Dortmund |archive-date=7 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907063217/http://www.theaterdo.de/thgeschichte.php |url-status=dead }}

An interim theatre was inaugurated by Theater Dortmund on 12 September 1950, with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.

The Intendant was P. Walter Jacob, who pursued performances of Wagner's operas and more recent works. He staged and conducted Wagner's Lohengrin during his first season and conducted Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg the following year. He staged Hans Pfitzner's opera Das Herz (1930) and the drama Eli of Nelly Sachs (1950). In 1954 the musical comedy Die stumme Serenade of Erich Wolfgang Korngold was premiered. In 1955 Jacob staged Franz Werfel's drama Jacobowski und der Oberst and played a leading part himself.

The theater was mainly used for operas; plays were mostly performed at the Theater am Ostwall.

Theater Dortmund was called Städtische Bühnen Dortmund (Stages of the City of Dortmund).

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The new opera house Opernhaus Dortmund opened in 1966 to serve as a venue for operas, ballets, concerts, and for plays which require a big stage. The first performance was Der Rosenkavalier of Strauss, an opera which had been performed first in 1911, the year of the works premiere. Wilhelm Schüchter conducted the Dortmunder Philharmoniker.{{cite web |url=http://press.dortmund.de/press/project/assets/template1.jsp?dvd=5.1&iid=dvdthemen_en&smi=1.0&beitrag_id=78 |title=Celebrating 100 Years of Theatre Dortmund |year=2004 |access-date=2 August 2010 |publisher=Theater Dortmund |archive-date=21 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421184032/http://press.dortmund.de/press/project/assets/template1.jsp?dvd=5.1&iid=dvdthemen_en&smi=1.0&beitrag_id=78 |url-status=live }} In 1967 he conducted the premiere of the opera Eli of Walter Steffens after the drama of Nelly Sachs, a commission of the city of Dortmund.{{cite web |url=http://www.walter-steffens.de/pageID_1400036.html |title=Walter Steffens Werke / Works |language=de |year=2010 |access-date=2 August 2010 |publisher=Walter Steffens |archive-date=6 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606055446/http://www.walter-steffens.de/pageID_1400036.html |url-status=live }}

The orchestra used the opera house for concerts until 2002, when the Konzerthaus Dortmund was opened.

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Since 1968, the post-war opera house serves as the main stage for plays. Theater Dortmund also operates smaller theaters for more experimental productions. Schauspiel Dortmund and collective Tools for Action won an award for Cultural Education of the Federal Ministry of Culture and the Media of Germany for 2017 for the project Mirror Barricade.{{Cite web|title=Artúr van Balen / Tools for Action: Barricade Ballet|url=https://www.hmkv.de/hmkv-video-of-the-month/hmkv-video-of-the-month-details/artúr-van-balen-tools-for-action-barricade-ballet-208.html|access-date=14 October 2020|website=Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund (EN)|language=en}}

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Since 2002, the orchestra has been using the newly opened concert hall Konzerthaus Dortmund as a venue for the orchestra's concerts and guest performances. The planning and founding director was Ulrich Andreas Vogt.

In the 2005/06 season Rebecca Saunders was composer-in-residence.{{cite web|url=http://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/language=de/taps=411/47197|title=Erstes Konzert Rebecca Saunders—Composer in Residence|language=German|publisher=Konzerthaus Dortmund|accessdate=23 January 2010|archive-date=4 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004025643/http://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/language=de/taps=411/47197|url-status=dead}} In December 2008 the Thomanerchor and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted by Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller, performed Bach's Christmas Oratorio.{{cite web |url=http://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/language=de/taps=104/173753 |language=German |title=Thomanerchor und Gewandhausorchester Leipzig |date=6 December 2008 |accessdate=11 August 2010 |publisher=Konzerthaus Dortmund }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In November 2009 Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducted the Cantemus Chor and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in works of Mozart including his Great Mass in C minor.{{cite web |url=http://www.mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de/150.0.html?&L=1 |title=Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie |year=2009 |accessdate=20 July 2010 |publisher=Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund |archive-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062731/http://www.mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de/150.0.html?&L=1 |url-status=dead }} In June 2010 Cecilia Bartoli sang in concert the title role of Bellini's Norma for the first time, in the original mezzo-soprano range, with conductor Thomas Hengelbrock.{{cite web |url=http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/nachrichten/kultur/kudo/art1541,953447 |author=Julia Gaß |language=German |title="Norma"-Debüt der Bartoli mit Jubelorkan gefeiert |date=30 June 2010 |accessdate=1 July 2010 |publisher=Ruhrnachrichten |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007065626/http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/nachrichten/kultur/kudo/art1541,953447 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7604ba5e-8916-11df-8ecd-00144feab49a.html |author=Shirley Apthorp |title=Norma, Konzerthaus Dortmund |date=6 July 2010 |accessdate=19 August 2010 |publisher=Financial Times |archive-date=21 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921095506/https://www.ft.com/content/7604ba5e-8916-11df-8ecd-00144feab49a |url-status=live }}

The Konzerthaus Dortmund is an independent institution, led by Artistic Director Benedikt Stampa since the 2005/06 season.

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• {{official|http://www.theaterdo.de/}}
• [http://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de Konzerthaus Dortmund] website
• [http://www.dortmund.de/en/leisure_and_culture/konzerthaus_dortmund_concert_hall/index.html Konzerthaus Dortmund] on the Dortmund website
• [http://www.essen-fuer-das-ruhrgebiet.ruhr2010.de/en/sing/program/1st-international-academy-for-vocal-conductors/kooperationen/konzerthaus-dortmund.html Konzerthaus Dortmund] on the RUHR2010 website

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