Meistersinger – History of performance
at Dresden Opera house
The provisional theatre, known by locals as “Bretterbude” (shack).
Watercolour by J. Walter
1869-1877
Performances in the provisional theatre
On September 21, 1869, exactly eight months after the Dresden first performance of Die Meistersinger, Gottfried Semper’s first opera house was gutted by a catastrophic fire.
Not many weeks later, on December 2 of the same year, a rapidly built provisional theatre opened, affectionately nicknamed “Bretterbude” (shack) by the Dresdeners.
The auditorium of the “shack”
Richard Wagner’s works were again on the programme very soon after the opening of the makeshift venue.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg had become an integral part of the repertoire, with some thirty performances from 1870 to 1877.
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Chapter
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Content | |
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Die Meistersinger – From idea to implementation | 1827-1868 |
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Meistersinger-Performances in the first Semperoper | 1869-1869 |
| • | Meistersinger-Performances in the provisional theatre |
1869-1877 |
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Meistersinger-Performances in the second Semperoper | 1880-1944 |
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Meistersinger-Performances in the large auditorium of the Staatstheater | 1950-1973 |
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Meistersinger-Performances in the rebuilt Semperoper |
1985 |
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