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Theatre in Minden, Germany

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.

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 [de] (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.

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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]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Stadttheater Minden” (in German). livekritik.de. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b Ross, Alexander (11 November 2005). “Stadttheater Minden / Wagners Wille in Westfalen”. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Udo Stephan Köhne: Jubiläumsmagazin des Stadttheater Minden 2008/2009
  5. ^ a b c “Der Ring in Minden” (in German). ring-in-minden.de. 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Pfabigan, Sieglinde (16 September 2012). “Minden: Tristan und Isolde“. Der Neue Merker (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. ^ “Out With Love – Romeo und Julia OWL”. Onlinemagazin “Kultur macht Schule” (in German). 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  8. ^ “Stadttheater Minden: “Romeo und Julia – Out with Love” hat Premiere”. Mindener Rundschau (in German). 1 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  9. ^ “Die Räuber von Schiller- Kooperationsprojekt mit dem Stadttheater Minden” (in German). Ratsgymnasium. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  10. ^ Koch, Ursula (5 September 2015). “Jugendclub spielt Rinkes “Nibelungen” im Rheingold-Bühnenbild”. Mindener Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2017. (subscription)
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ a b Bohn, Ullrich (24 October 2005). “Wagners “Tannhäuser” in der Provinz”. Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  15. ^ “Stern der Woche für Bertram Schulte / Leiter des Mindener Stadttheaters”. Neue Westfälische (in German). 11 September 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  16. ^ Stuke, Franz R. (24 September 2009). “Kammerspiel – voll orchestriert”. Opernnetz (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  17. ^ Molke, Thomas (9 September 2015). “Das Rheingold” (in German). Online Musik Magazin. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  18. ^ Brockmann, Sigi (8 September 2017). “Stadttheater Minden / “Siegfried” – weiter rundet sich der “Ring”“. Der Neue Merker (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  19. ^ a b Müller, Franz R. (8 September 2009). “Wagner-Wunder in der Provinz – “Götterdämmerung” in Minden”. Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2018.

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