The is a theatre company and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (opera, operetta, musical), Tanztheater, theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences and concerts.
The is owned by the State of Lower Saxony.
History The earliest incarnation of the Staatstheater Braunschweig was the Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt in Braunschweig, founded in 1690 by Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Theatre works such as Emilia Galotti by Lessing and Goethe's Faust had their first openings in Braunschweig.
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Intendants
1925–29: Ludwig Neubeck 1929–33: Thur Himmighoffen 1933–34: Oskar Walleck 1934–45: Alexander Schum 1945–46: Jost Dahmen 1946–47: Heinrich Voigt 1947–51: Walter Bruno Iltz 1951–61: Hermann Kühn 1961–63: Erich Kriebig 1964–67: Helmuth Matiasek 1967–68: Hermann Kühn 1968–72: Hans Peter Doll 1972–79: Chritoph Groszer 1979–91: Mario Krüger 1991–93: Hans Peter Doll 1993–94: Jürgen Flügge 1995–97: Executive directors: Brigitte Fassbaender, Philippe Auguin, Tatjana Rese 1997–2010: Wolfgang Gropper 2010–2017: Joachim Klement 2017–present: Dagmar Schlingmann
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