Nationaltheater München (National Theatre Munich) on Max-Joseph-Platz is an opera house and the home base of the Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera), and the Bayerisches Staatsballett (Bavarian State Ballet).
The Bavarian State Opera also performs in the Prinzregententheater, built in the early years of the 20th Century and which is not unlike the Bayreuth Festspielhaus built to Richard Wagner’s specifications, and the Cuvilliés Theatre,...
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Nationaltheater München (National Theatre Munich) on Max-Joseph-Platz is an opera house and the home base of the Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera), and the Bayerisches Staatsballett (Bavarian State Ballet).
The Bavarian State Opera also performs in the Prinzregententheater, built in the early years of the 20th Century and which is not unlike the Bayreuth Festspielhaus built to Richard Wagner’s specifications, and the Cuvilliés Theatre, built in the 1750s and described by Beauvert as "a Rococo gem".
The first theatre was commissioned by King Maximilian 1st of Bavaria and designed by Karl von Fischer, with the Odéon in Paris as antetype. The theatre opened in 1818 with Die Weihe by Ferdinand Fränzl, but was already destroyed by fire in 1823. It was immediately reconstructed and re-opened in 1825. This second theatre, designed by Leo von Klenze, incorporated Neo-Grec features as seen in its portico and triangular pediment.
Although somewhat modified in 1930 to create an...
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