![]() The Elector of Bavaria, Max III Joseph, gave the commission to the Court Architect Francois Cuvilliés the Elder and, just three years later, on the 12th of October 1753, the splendid German Roccoco theater was opened with Ferrandini’s opera seria Catone in Utica. In the 18th Century, Munich received its second opera house with the Cuvilliés-Theater, originally called the “Residenztheater”. History of the Cuvilliés-TheaterĬuvillies-Theater (from the Bayerische Staatsoper web site) On the 21st of November, the company – which in the meantime had been housed at the Prinzregententheater – took possession of its theatre. The work of rebuilding lasted five years and cost 62 Million Marks. In the end, the original plan by Karl von Fischer was chosen, cleared of Leo von Klenze’s additions during his reluctant reconstruction of the theatre as well as other changes of the 19th Century. Working together with the then Government Architect, Karl Fischer, they created more variations on Graubner’s design, making the possibility of reconstruction seem achievable. The Ministry of Culture decided to develop a draft submitted by Gerhard Graubner. ![]() At first, a design true to the original construction seemed out of the question. In 1954, a competition was established for the new building. ![]() For this reason, a citizen’s group called “Friends of the Nationaltheater” was founded in 1952, which collected additional funds and won over public support for the reconstruction of the theatre. Not only that, but city planners wanted to remove the ruins completely to make more room for transport services in the city centre. The rebuilding of the Residenztheater in 1951 had already exceeded the budget, so that the Landtag (State Parliament) opposed the rebuilding of the Nationaltheater. The heat was so intense that it melted the iron-framed stage. In the night of the 3rd of October 1943, explosives and fire bombs struck the theatre. In the Second World War, the theatre was destroyed for the second time. Having received much criticism during the construction, Karl von Fischer did not see his great project completed: he died on the 12th of February 1820, barely 40 years old. Finally, on the 12th of October 1818, the theatre was opened. Since there were no new sponsors to win over, the King bought back the stocks and continued building at the cost of the state. The tough winter of 1813 and the Russian campaign led to a halt in construction. Just after a year of building work, finances were exhausted. The execution proved to be as difficult as the planning. In March 1811, Karl von Fischer’s edited plans were approved by the King and on the 26th of October that same year Prince Ludwig set down the founding stone. The King was so impressed by a visit to the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris that he ordered a test be carried out to see whether the “Paris Model” could work in Munich. ![]() In 1806, the Elector Max I Joseph became King of Bavaria, and Karl von Fischer was his leading architect. The Director of the Royal Theatre Josef Marius von Babo established a stock company for the building of the Nationaltheater, but plans were postponed due to the Napoleonic Wars. ![]()
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