Stadttheater Minden
Stadttheater Minden is a municipal theatre in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The theatre has no ensemble, but stages some productions of its own. It became known for a Wagner project culminating in Der Ring in Minden.
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| Architectural style | Baroque Revival |
| Location | Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°17′15″N 8°55′08″E / 52.28750°N 8.91889°E |
| Construction started | 1906 |
| Opened | 1 October 1908 |
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History edit
The building was erected from 1906 to 1908 in Baroque Revival style, on a design by the architects August Kersten (Minden) and Paul Kanold (Berlin). It seats 568 people. The theatre was opened on 1 October 1908 with a performance of Goethe's play Iphigenie auf Tauris.[1]
The theatre has no ensemble, but stages some productions of its own.[2] It is also used by guest ensembles and touring theatre groups, and serves as a concert hall for symphony concert series of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, and for other events.
In September 1998, to mark the 1200th anniversary of the town, the chamber opera Friedrich und Katte by Wolfgang Knuth (born 1959) was composed and premiered at the theatre.[3]
In 1999, a project to show operas by Richard Wagner was begun by the Richard-Wagner-Verband Minden, the theatre and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie.[4] The first work presented was in 2002 Der fliegende Holländer, followed by Tannhäuser in 2005, staged by Keith Warner and conducted by Frank Beermann.[2] Lohengrin was performed in 2009.[5] The project of 2012 was Tristan und Isolde, staged by Matthias von Stegmann; Beermann conducted, with the title roles performed by Andreas Schager and Dara Hobbs.[6] A production of Der Ring des Nibelungen opened in 2015 with Das Rheingold, followed a year later by Die Walküre.[5] The Wagner project has received international recognition.[6]
In 2014 the theatre began a professional project for young people (Jugendtheaterprojekt) with Romeo und Julia – Out With Love based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the Shakespeare-year 2014.[7] In a joint venture with the school Kurt-Tucholsky-Gesamtschule, the intendant Andrea Krauledat and the theatre pedagogue Viola Schneider staged the production, performed in the theatre hall.[8] The following season, the project was continued by Schiller's Die Räuber in collaboration with the Ratsgymnasium Minden, again directed by Krauledat and Schneider,[9] and Moritz Rinke's Die Nibelungen, in collaboration with the youth club t3.[10]
Wagner project edit
Beginning in 2002, stage works by Wagner were produced at the theatre, initiated by Jutta Hering-Winckler, president of the local Richard Wagner Society. The orchestra was the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, conducted by Frank Beermann.[5] The performances were reviewed internationally.[6][11] Reviews by Eleonore Büning in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) compared the productions favourably with those of the Bayreuth Festival[12] and noted that singers make their way to Bayreuth from Minden.[13]
| Date | Title | Stage director | Singers | Press |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Der fliegende Holländer | Holger Müller-Brandes | DF[14] NW[15] | |
| 2005 | Tannhäuser | Keith Warner | John Pierce (Tannhäuser) Anne Schwanewilms (Elisabeth) | DF[14] |
| 2009 | Lohengrin | John Dew | John Pierce (Lohengrin) Anna Gabler (Elsa) | ON[16] |
| 2012 | Tristan und Isolde | Matthias von Stegmann | Andreas Schager and Dara Hobbs | FAZ[12] |
Der Ring in Minden edit
From 2015, the same team staged a yearly production of the four parts of Der Ring des Nibelungen, presenting the complete cycle twice in 2019.
| Date | Title | Stage director | Singers | Press |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Das Rheingold | Gerd Heinz | Heiko Trinsinger (Alberich), Renatus Mészár (Wotan), Kathrin Göring (Fricka), Julia Bauer (Freia), Thomas Mohr (Loge), Tijl Faveyts (Fasolt) | OMM[17] |
| 2016 | Die Walküre | Gerd Heinz | Mohr (Siegmund), Hobbs (Brünnhilde), Faveyts (Hunding), Mészár (Wotan), Göring (Fricka, Waltraute), | FAZ[13] |
| 2017 | Siegfried | Gerd Heinz | Jeff Martin (Mime), Mohr (Siegfried), Mészár (Wanderer), Janina Baechle (Erda), Hobbs (Brünnhilde) | Merker[18] |
| 2018 | Götterdämmerung | Gerd Heinz | Mohr (Siegfried), Hobbs (Brünnhilde), Mészár (Gunter), Andreas Hörl (Hagen), Göring (Waltraute) | NMZ[19] |
| 2019 | Der Ring des Nibelungen | Gerd Heinz | [19] |
References edit
- ^ "Stadttheater Minden" (in German). livekritik.de. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b Ross, Alexander (11 November 2005). "Stadttheater Minden / Wagners Wille in Westfalen". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Mörchen, Raoul (8 October 1998). "Zur Uraufführung der Kammeroper"Friedrich und Katte" von Wolfgang Knuth am Theater in Minden / Die Wunde der Hohenzollern". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ Udo Stephan Köhne: Jubiläumsmagazin des Stadttheater Minden 2008/2009
- ^ a b c "Der Ring in Minden" (in German). ring-in-minden.de. 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Pfabigan, Sieglinde (16 September 2012). "Minden: Tristan und Isolde". Der Neue Merker (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Out With Love – Romeo und Julia OWL". Onlinemagazin "Kultur macht Schule" (in German). 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Stadttheater Minden: "Romeo und Julia – Out with Love" hat Premiere". Mindener Rundschau (in German). 1 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Die Räuber von Schiller- Kooperationsprojekt mit dem Stadttheater Minden" (in German). Ratsgymnasium. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Koch, Ursula (5 September 2015). "Jugendclub spielt Rinkes "Nibelungen" im Rheingold-Bühnenbild". Mindener Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2017. (subscription)
- ^ Fryer, Paul, ed. (2014). "Opera in the Media Age: Essays on Art, Technology and Popular Culture". McFarland. pp. 49–53. ISBN 9781476616209. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b Büning, Eleonore (11 August 2012). "Richard Wagner in Minden / Hier weht Bayreuths Fahne auf dem Dach". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b Büning, Eleonore (11 August 2012). ""Walküre" in Minden Wagner-Fans, bitte hier lang!". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ a b Bohn, Ullrich (24 October 2005). "Wagners "Tannhäuser" in der Provinz". Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Stern der Woche für Bertram Schulte / Leiter des Mindener Stadttheaters". Neue Westfälische (in German). 11 September 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Stuke, Franz R. (24 September 2009). "Kammerspiel – voll orchestriert". Opernnetz (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Molke, Thomas (9 September 2015). "Das Rheingold" (in German). Online Musik Magazin. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Brockmann, Sigi (8 September 2017). "Stadttheater Minden / "Siegfried" – weiter rundet sich der "Ring"". Der Neue Merker (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ a b Müller, Franz R. (8 September 2009). "Wagner-Wunder in der Provinz – "Götterdämmerung" in Minden". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
External links edit
- Official website (in German)
- Die Nibelungen / von Moritz Rinke (program book) Stadttheater Minden (in German)