| Theater Erfurt | |
| Location: | Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany |
| Mapframe-Marker: | theatre |
The Theater Erfurt is a German municipal theatre located in Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. The main stage is in a building in the Brühlervorstadt, completed in 2003. The theatre offers musical theatre and concerts, played by the Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt. Ballet and plays are offered by guest performances. The company organizes the annual open air festival DomStufen. The theatre's current Generalintendant, Guy Montavon, has held the post since 2002.
The main venue is in a new house, Großes Haus. The large hall seats 840 visitors, a Studio 200 visitors, which can be reduces as Salon im Studio for events for up to 100 people. The courtyard holds the stage Theatrium. Events can also be held in the rehearsal hall for the orchestra. The festival DomStufen takes place on the Domplatz (Cathedral Square) of Erfurt, seating up to 2000 spectators. The company also holds events at the Rathaus (Town Hall) and the Thomaskirche.
Montavon has initiated a program of one premiere per season, including:
| Title | Composer | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 December 2002 | ||||
| Peter Aderhold | 14 September 2003 | |||
| 19 March 2005 | ||||
| 6 May 2005 | ||||
| Waiting for the Barbarians | 10 September 2005 | |||
| 9 September 2006 | ||||
| 8 September 2007 | ||||
| 5 Juli 2008 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Richter und sein Henker" | 8 November 2008 | |||
| data-sort-value="Orphan" | 29 November 2009 | |||
| data-sort-value="leuchtende Fluss" | 31 October 2010 | |||
| Lady Magnesia | 2 Februar 2012 | |||
| data-sort-value="Trank der Unsterblichkeit" | 28 April 2012 | |||
| data-sort-value="Wives of the Dead" | 2 February 2013 | |||
| 10 July 2014 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Sang noir" | 29 November 2014 |
Another focus of the program are revivals of forgotten operas, including:
| Title | Composer | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messidor | Alfred Bruneau | 2005 | |
| Fernand Cortez | Gaspare Spontini | 2006 | |
| Fedra | Ildebrando Pizzetti | 2008 | |
| Das Käthchen von Heilbronn | Karl Reinthaler | 2009 | |
| Nana | Manfred Gurlitt | 2010 | |
| 2011 | |||
| Die Zauberin | Peter Tschaikowsky | 2011 | |
| I Medici | 2013 | ||
| Sigurd | Ernest Reyer | 2015 (German premiere) |
People holding the position of Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) include:
In 2014, Joana Mallwitz was the first woman conductor named to the post of Generalmusikdirektorin (GMD) in the institution's history[2] and at the time of her advent to the post, the youngest GMD of a German opera house.[3] She concluded her Erfurt tenure at the close of the 2017-2018 season.[4] Myron Michailidis served as interim GMD from 2018. He was succeeded by Alexander Prior in 2022.[5]