Burgtheater

Vienna, Austria

The Burgtheater (Imperial Court Theatre) opened on 14 March 1741, the creation of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria who wanted a theatre next to her palace. Three Mozart operas premiered there. The theatre's first building adjoined the Hofburg at Michaelerplatz, opposite St. Michael's Church. The theatre was moved to a new building at the Ringstraße in 1888 designed by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer.

On March 12, 1945 the Burgtheater was largely destroyed in a bombing raid, and, one month later, on April 12, 1945, it was further damaged by a fire of unknown origin. After the war, the theatre was restored between 1953 and 1955. The classic Burgtheater style and the Burgtheater-German language were trend-setting for German language theatres.

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Founded: 1888
Category: Miscellaneous historic sites in Austria

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Kit Kelly (6 months ago)
Saw a fantastic production, Nosferatu. Incredible combination of technology, a rich script, and great acting. Nice theater with friendly staff.
Anastasia Smorgun (6 months ago)
The Burgtheater was opened in 1741. After the WWII, the theater was rebuilt between 1953 and 1955.
Mark Goldberg (6 months ago)
Only explored the outside and the front lobby area, but it’s a beautiful theatre. It has an old style and a lot of character to the building. I would absolutely recommend a visit here. If I had to do my trip all over again, I would definitely get tickets to a performance because it looks like such a great space.
Florian Meisenberg (7 months ago)
I recommend buying the 4€ standing ticket and then creep lower into a seat. If available of course. The view is special, extra terrestrial, computer like, isometric as if playing an old school adventure game. As you don’t interact it starts quickly feeling like a dream of a let’s play without commentary. Still my neighbor with the binocular started sleeping after the first 15minutes. Also they used a Saab convertible for the stage design. I mean a Saab!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️so highly recommend if in Vienna. It is not really important what play you see. I’ll go back tonight.
Shaghayegh Yas (2 years ago)
The architecture is amazing. The Klimt’s and other two artists’ paintings on the ceiling are gorgeous. More importantly we had a very informative and generous tour all around the place. We visited the back stage, stage, rehearsal rooms and got lots of info about Viennese Theatre.
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