Knipper Theatre, Kniper Theatre or Knieper Theatre (Russian: Театр Карла Книпера) was the venue of a German theatrical troupe led by Karl Kniper which performed in Saint Petersburg beginning in 1775,[1] and ending in 1797.
The theatre building was converted from a manège (riding school), located on the Tsaritsa Meadow (Russian: Царицын луг – Tsaritsyn lug, now Ploshchad Zhertv Revolutsii – The Place of the Victims of Revolution) near the present-day Tripartite Bridge. From 1770 to 1777 it was occupied by English comedians, until they were replaced with Karl Knipper's German troupe.
In 1779 Knipper signed a contract with the Foundling Home that established the Volny Rossiysky Teatre (Вольный Российский Театр – The Free Russian Theatre). As part of this contract the Board of Trustees of the St Petersburg chapter of the Foundling Home ("Петербургский воспитательный дом" or "educational home") sent Knipper 50 of its pupils to instruct and eventually incorporate into spectacles. The composer Vasily Pashkevich was the pupils' music instructor. From 1782 to 1783 the director of the theatre was the well-known Russian actor Ivan Dmitrievsky, who performed at his benefice the famous comedy Nedorosl (Russian: Недоросль – The Minor) by Denis Fonvizin (1782). Choreographer Gasparo Angiolini and ballet dancer Francesco Rosetti were briefly dance instructors.
On 12 July 1783 the Imperial Theaters acquired the building and later Knipper's German troupe as well, but the Free Russian Theatre was dissolved. The building was renamed the Gorodskoy Derevyanny Theatre (Russian: Городской деревянный театр – The Wooden Town Theatre ) or Maly Theatre (Russian: Малый театр – Little Theatre). This existed until 1797, when it was dismantled at the demand of Paul I of Russia, because it was obstructing troop maneuvering during parades.
Repertoireedit
The repertoire of Knipper's German Theatre included:
Guglielmi Robert und Kalliste
Wolf Die Dorfdeputierten
Schweitzer Das Elysium
Holli Der Bassa von Tunis
Stegman Der Deserteur
Hiller Der Jagd
Bender Der Walder
Hiller Die Jubelhochzeit
Hefe Die Apotheke
Hiller Die Liebe auf dem Lande
Hiller Der Dorfbarbier
Hiller Lottchen am Hofe
Wolf Das Grosse Los
Gretri Lucile
Stegman Das Redende Gemälde
Piccini Die Nacht
The repertoire of the Free Russian Theatre included the following operas:
Mikhail Sokolovsky: The Miller - a Wizard, a Cheat and a Match-maker (Мельник – колдун, обманщик и сват – Melnik – koldun, obmanshchik i svat to the text by Alexander Ablesimov, first in 1779 Moscow, c.1795 St Petersburg)
Ivan Kerzelli: Rozana i Lyubim (Розана и Любим – Rozana und Lyubim, four-act opera, text by Nikolai Nikolev, first in 1778, Moscow)
Vasily Pashkevich: The Saint-Petersburg Bazaar (Санкт-Петербургский Гостиный Двор – Sankt Peterburgskiy Gostinyi Dvor 1782 St Petersburg), etc.
Notesedit
^E.S. Khodorkovskaia, "Knippera K. Truppa," Muzykal'nyi Peterburg: Entsiklopedicheskii Slovar, vol. II (St. Petersburg, Kompozitor: 2000), 59-63.
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Teatralnaya entsiklopedia (in Russian)
January 01, 1970
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