200 years Burgtheater Vienna - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1976

Maria Theresa had already had the ball house built in 1741. At the beginning it was mainly ballets, but also French and Italian operas that the interested public got to see there. On 17 February 1776, Emperor Joseph II decreed his "Deutsches Nationaltheater" in this small building on Michaelerplatz and thus gave the occasion for the 200th anniversary of the Burgtheater. The schedules of the first weeks and years showed a very disorderly picture. A few pieces by Lessing and Goethe, but also operas, ballets and concerts were on the program. Three Mozart operas were premiered in the Burgtheater, "The Abduction from the Seraglio" (1782), "La Nozze di Figaro" (1786) and finally in 1790 "Cosi fan tutte". It was not until 1810 that one was more precise and determined once and for all that the Burgtheater should only be intended for the speech piece. Opera and ballet were to be maintained and performed in the Theater am Kärntnertor. The brand image shows the old Burgtheater. The watercolor "Michaelerplatz with old Burgtheater and new Hofburg" by Karl Fabro served as a model. On October 12, 1888, the last performance took place in the popular little house on Michaelerplatz. In the course of the grandiose Ringstraßenbauten, which were begun in 1857, it was decided to build a new workplace for the Burgtheater. So they moved from the Burgtheater building on Michaelerplatz in the house on the ring, where on October 14, 1888, the opening performance took place. Over the next fifty years, Shakespeare's new works performed works on 1561 evenings, followed by Schiller (1057), Grillparzer (673), and Goethe (478). However, the fiftieth anniversary of the anniversary had to be committed under Nazi occupation. On March 12, 1945, that unfortunate day in Vienna, when the State Opera was almost completely destroyed by bombing and fire, the Burgtheater was heavily damaged. During the fighting in April 1945, the building was again bombed and shot on fire. The Ronacher in Himmelpfortgasse had to be started again. On April 30, the first performance of the Burgtheater ensemble took place there. The provisional Ronacher took ten years; It was not until 15 October 1955 that the restored Burgtheater building on the ring was opened with a solemn ceremony.