Grillo-Theater
Sign in to saveGrillo-Theater is a theatre in Essen, Germany. Named after the industrialist Friedrich Grillo, who made the building possible, it opened on 16 September 1892 with Lessing's drama Minna von Barnhelm.
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- Instance of
- theatre building
- Named after
- Friedrich Grillo
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Essen
- Image
- Grillo-Theater-2012.jpg
- Significant event
- architectural reconstruction
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- architect
- Heinrich Seeling
- Commons category
- Grillo-Theater
- architectural style
- modern architecture
- date of official opening
- 1892-09-16
- P12674
- talent
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Grillo-Theater is a theatre in Essen, Germany. Named after the industrialist Friedrich Grillo, who made the building possible, it opened on 16 September 1892 with Lessing's drama Minna von Barnhelm.
The building was badly damaged in World War II; it was restored with a much simpler façade and re-opened in 1950 with Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Notable directors included Erwin Piscator, Jean-Louis Barrault, , Hansgünther Heyme. Caspar Neher became head of design in 1927 and designed here eight operas and 11 plays.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grillo-Theater” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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