The Theater in der Leopoldstadt (also: Leopoldstädter Theater) was an opera house in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna, founded in 1781 by Karl von Marinelli, following the Schauspielfreiheit (ending of the court's monopoly on entertainment) by Joseph II in 1776. The 19th-century summer stage called the Thaliatheater was also managed by the Leopoldstadt.

In its early years, the theatre staged Singspiele and Possen mit Gesang, notably by the theatre's Kapellmeister Wenzel Müller and his assistant Ferdinand Kauer. The dramatist Ferdinand Raimund worked with the theatre in the 1820s.

Theater in der Leopoldstadt

The theatre was eventually demolished and rebuilt in 1847, under the name of the Carltheater.

Theater in der Leopoldstadt

Premieres

1784: Der Streit zwischen dem Zauberer Scionco und der Fee Galantina, oder Kasperl bleibt Kasperl, comedy with machines and music by Ferdinand Kauer 1784: Harlekin auf dem Parade Beth, große Pantomime by Wenzel Müller 1790: Das Sonnenfest der Braminen heroisch-komisches Singspiel by Müller 1791: Kaspar der Fagottist oder Die Zauberzither, Singspiel by Müller 1793: Das neue Sonntagskind Singspiel by Müller 1794: Die Schwestern von Prag, Singspiel by Müller 1797: Das lustige Beylager, Singspiel by Müller 1798: Das Donauweibchen, romantisch-komisches Volksmärchen by Kauer 1799: Die Teufels Mühle am Wienerberg, Schauspiel mit Gesang by Müller 1804: Die Belagerung von Ypsilon, Karikaturoperette by Müller 1807: Javima, Oper by Müller 1808: Samson, Melodram by Müller 1809: Simon Plattkopf, der Unsichtbare, Singspiel by Müller 1816: Der Fiaker al Marquis, komische Oper by Müller 1822: Aline oder Wien in einem andern Welttheil Zauberoper by Müller 1823: Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel Zauberposse by Müller to a text by Ferdinand Raimund 1825: Der schwarze See, Zauberspiel (posse) 1826: Herr Josef und Frau Baberl, Posse by Müller 1828: Die gefesselte Phantasie, Zauberspiel (Posse) by Müller to a text by Raimund 1828: Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, romantisch-komisches Zauberspiel (Posse) by Müller to a text by Raimund

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Bibliography

Grund, H.: Das Leopoldstädter "Kasperltheater" 1781 bis 1831. Vienna, University, Dissertation, 1921 Hadamowsky, Franz: Das Theater in der Leopoldstadt von 1781 bis 1860. Vienna : Höfel, 1934

References

Carner, Mosco at al. (1992), 'Vienna' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London)

Opera houses in Vienna

Cultural venues in Vienna

Former theatres in Vienna

Buildings and structures in Leopoldstadt

Theatres completed in 1781

Music venues completed in 1781

1781 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy

1781 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

18th-century establishments in Austria

Buildings and structures demolished in 1847

Demolished buildings and structures in Austria