State Theatre
"A stage for everyone"
With more than 650 opera, ballet, theater and concert programs as well as around 300,000 visitors per season, the Nuremberg State Theater is one of the largest stages in Germany offering all three disciplines of the performing arts - opera, drama and ballet. It is an outstanding feature of cultural life in the city and the metropolitan region. The Opera House, the Art Nouveau pearl on the Old Town ring road, is among the most beautiful theater buildings in Germany and along with the Playhouse, with its clear glass facade and three modern stages, represents the cultural beacon at Richard-Wagner square.
State Theatre Nuremberg
The State Theater presents many new works, premieres and first performances in all the disciplines, but also a number of great classics and rarities, staged by internationally active directors and high-caliber ensembles. A further distinction was bestowed upon the theater recently when the orchestra was appointed the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra; it regularly performs in its own concert series in the Meistersinger Hall.
The Nuremberg "Albrecht Dürer" Opera Ball is the vibrant occasion that opens the new season. It is considered the social highlight of the metropolitan region, it has established itself as the largest opera ball in southern Germany. The State Theater also organizes the International Gluck Operas Festival, taking place for the 4th time in July 2012 with the motto "Gluck, Prague and the Antique".
The Branches of the Local Theatre
Schauspiel des Staatstheaters (Nuremberg Playhouse)
Nuremberg’s theatre tradition, which reached its first peak with Hans Sachs in the 16th Century, goes back to the time of the Middle Ages. In 1833, a theatre in the Lorenzer Platz opened, seating 1000.
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Ballet of the Staatstheater
At the beginning of the 2008/2009 season, Spanish dancer and choreographer Goyo Montero, who had been the first senior solo dancer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, arrived as the new ballet director at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. With him a...[more]
Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg (Nuremberg Philharmonic State Orchestra)
The main residence of Nuremberg’s Philharmonic State Orchestra, which is not to be confused with Nuremberg’s Symphony orchestra, is the State Opera House in Nuremberg. The 86 musicians who make up the orchestra perform in the orchestra...[more]
Oper des Staatstheaters (Nuremberg Opera)
On 1st September 1905, the newly-built Nuremberg Opera House opened its doors to the public with Richard Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”. The theatre quickly became a focal point of Nuremberg’s social and cultural scene. The...[more]