Stadttheater
The Stadttheater in Klagenfurt carries a clear turning point in architectural and cultural history: its present house was designed by the Viennese firm Fellner & Helmer and completed in 1910. Work began in 1908, and the theatre opened on the occasion of the 60th jubilee of Franz Joseph I of Austria, when it was named the “Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Jubiläumstheater.” That naming ties the building directly to the imperial identity of the era, even as its Art Nouveau form marked a shift toward a more permanent, stone-built public stage. Klagenfurt’s theatre story goes back much further. The first performance space was a Ballhaus for the aristocracy installed between 1605 and 1620, with Italian troupes arriving on their route from Venice to Vienna. By 1811, the wooden theatre was rebuilt in stone as the “Altes Theater.” The Stadttheater’s modern life continued through renovations in the 1960s and a major restoration from 1996 to 1998. …
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