Grand building of the Tyrolean state theatre, Opera house and theatre in Innsbruck, Austria
The Tiroler Landestheater is an opera and theater building in the old town of Innsbruck, offering opera, drama, operettas, musicals, and dance. Its main hall seats around 800 people and forms the heart of a building that sits right in the historic center of the city.
In 1629 Christoph Gumpp the Younger converted one of the ball-game houses on the Rennplatz into a Comedihaus, the great stage of Archduke Leopold. In 1654 a new Gumpp-built theatre opened across the Rennweg, on the site of today's house; it held about 1,000 spectators and was the first free-standing opera house in the German-speaking lands. Closed as unsafe in 1844, it was replaced by Giuseppe Segustini's design, opened in 1846 with Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia.
The Tiroler Landestheater is the main stage of the Tyrol region and draws audiences from across the area for both opera and theater. Its program mixes classical works with newer productions, making it a place where very different kinds of theatergoers cross paths.
The theater is a short walk from the Golden Roof and other landmarks in Innsbruck's old town, making it easy to combine with a visit to the historic center. The building is wheelchair accessible, so visitors with reduced mobility can enter without difficulty.
The theatre that stood here from 1654 was the first free-standing opera house in the German-speaking world and the first to employ permanent staff. It opened with Antonio Cesti's La Cleopatra, an adaptation of his Il Cesare Amante for Innsbruck; Cesti's operas dominated the following years, including performances for Queen Christina of Sweden in 1655 and 1662.
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