# Theater Erfurt

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.

## Stages

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.

## Premieres

Montavon has initiated a program of one premiere per season, including:
| Title | Composer | Date |
| Bachs letzte Oper [de] | Stanley Walden | 21 December 2002 |
| Luther [de] | Peter Aderhold | 14 September 2003 |
| Cuba libre [de] | Cong Su | 19 March 2005 |
| Death Knocks [de] | Christian Jost | 6 May 2005 |
| Waiting for the Barbarians | Philip Glass | 10 September 2005 |
| Wut [de] | Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini | 9 September 2006 |
| Mariana Pineda [de] | Flavio Testi | 8 September 2007 |
| Martin L. – Das Musical [de] | Gisle Kverndokk | 5 Juli 2008 |
| Der Richter und sein Henker [de] | Franz Hummel | 8 November 2008 |
| The Orphan [de] | Jeffrey Ching | 29 November 2009 |
| Der leuchtende Fluss [de] | Johanna Doderer | 31 October 2010 |
| Lady Magnesia | Mieczysław Weinberg | 2 Februar 2012 |
| Der Trank der Unsterblichkeit [de] | E. T. A. Hoffmann | 28 April 2012 |
| The Wives of the Dead [de] | Alois Bröder | 2 February 2013 |
| Jedermann – Die Rockoper [de] | Wolfgang Böhmer | 10 July 2014 |
| Le sang noir [de] | François Fayt | 29 November 2014 |

## Revivals

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 |
| Robin Hood [de] | Albert Dietrich [de] | 2011 |
| Die Zauberin | Peter Tschaikowsky | 2011 |
| I Medici | Ruggero Leoncavallo | 2013 |
| Sigurd | Ernest Reyer | 2015 (German premiere) |

## General music directors

People holding the position of Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) include:
* Balduin Zimmermann (1894–1904)
* Friedrich Munter [de] (1905)
* Camillo Hildebrand (1909–1910)
* Paul Wolff (1911)
* Toni Hoff (1912)
* Paul Weißleder (1913)
* Richard Fitsch (1915–1919)
* Gustav Großmann (1920–1923)
* Franz Jung (1924–1952)
* Wilhelm Hübner [de] (1953–1956)
* Walter König (1957)
* Ude Nissen [de] (1958–1988)
* Wolfgang Rögner [de] (1989–1999)
* Walter Gugerbauer [de] (2000–2012)
* Joana Mallwitz (2014–2018)
* Myron Michailidis (2018–2022)
* Alexander Prior (2022–present)
In 2014, Joana Mallwitz was the first woman conductor named to the post of Generalmusikdirektorin (GMD) in the institution's history and at the time of her advent to the post, the youngest GMD of a German opera house. She concluded her Erfurt tenure at the close of the 2017-2018 season. Myron Michailidis served as interim GMD from 2018. He was succeeded by Alexander Prior in 2022.

## Discography

* Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, Karl Reinthaler, label: cpo
* Der leuchtende Fluss, Johanna Doderer, label: Quinton
* Nana, Manfred Gurlitt, label: capriccio