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21-512: Designed by the Austrian architect Hans Hollein , it is a building in the postmodernist style and was completed in 1990. The building is located at the site of the former Philipp Haas & Söhne  [ de ] flagship department store dating to 1867, destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in 1953. The use of the Haas-Haus is divided between retail and a restaurant. The building

42-554: A notoriously extreme production of The Merchant of Venice was staged at the Burgtheater—with Werner Krauss as Shylock , one of several theater and film roles by this actor pandering to antisemitic stereotypes. On 12 March 1945, the Burgtheater was largely destroyed in a United States Air Force bombing raid, and one month later, on 12 April 1945, it was further damaged by a fire of unknown origin. After

63-636: A tenant. Finally, Ferdinánd Pálffy became the tenant in 1794, until 1817; his finances originated from the mining institute in Banská Štiavnica , the first technical university in the world. The Burgtheater remained a strongly traditional stage with a distinct culture until the late 1960s. From the early 1970s on, it became a venue for some of Europe's most important stage directors and designers. With many debut performances of plays written by Thomas Bernhard , Elfriede Jelinek , Peter Handke , Peter Turrini , and George Tabori , Claus Peymann managed to affirm

84-722: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hans Hollein Hans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture . Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the inner city of Vienna . Hollein was born in Vienna , and graduated in 1956 from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , where he studied in

105-494: Is considered controversial owing to its contrast with the adjacent Stephansdom cathedral. In December 2014, Uniqa Insurance Group sold the building to the Austrian catering company Do & Co , which now uses it as their headquarters. [REDACTED] Media related to Haas-Haus (Wien) ( category ) at Wikimedia Commons 48°12′29″N 16°22′16″E  /  48.208°N 16.371°E  / 48.208; 16.371 This article about an Austrian building or structure

126-1098: Is the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . Previously he was Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , the umbrella organization of the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor Museum. He is the former Director of the Städel Museum , the Liebieghaus and the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Main , Germany. Burgtheater The Burgtheater ( German: [ˈbʊʁk.teˌaːtɐ] ; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater", originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg , then until 1918 as

147-975: The Alessi Company . Additionally, he staged various exhibitions, including for the Venice Biennale . In 1980 he designed the stage for a production of Arthur Schnitzler 's drama Komödie der Verführung ( Comedy of Seduction ) at Vienna's Burgtheater . In 1985 Hollein was awarded the Pritzker Prize . Hollein achieved international fame with his winning competition designs for the Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach (1972–82) and an underground Guggenheim Museum branch in Salzburg (1989). The later hasn't been built, but his ideas for an underground museum still materialised in

168-463: The K.K. Hofburgtheater , is the national theater of Austria in Vienna . It is the most important German-language theater and one of the most important theatres in the world. The Burgtheater was opened in 1741 and has become known as die Burg by the Viennese population; its theater company has created a traditional style and speech typical of Burgtheater performances. The original Burgtheater

189-709: The United States before returning to Vienna, founding his own office in 1964. Hollein's early works were small scale designs, such as the Retti candle shop in Vienna, which notably featured a facade constructed of anodized aluminum. In 1972, Hollein designed a series of glasses for the American Optical Corps. Hollein was a guest professor at Washington University in St. Louis on two separate occasions,

210-643: The University of Trnava , whose rector was Alexander Keglevich in the year 1770/71, received permission to move into the Buda Castle . Until 1776, the theater had been financed de facto , but not de jure , by the University of Trnava of the Society of Jesus , which were suppressed by the order of Pope Clement XIV in 1773. Francis II decided on 4 July 1792 to lease the theater again, but couldn't find

231-740: The Vulcania European Centre of Vulcanology in Auvergne in France (1997–2002). Starting from the late 1990s, Hollein designed large-scale projects, including bank headquarters in Lichtenstein, Spain and Peru. Starting from 2010 he worked with Ulf Kotz and Christoph Monschein at the Hans Hollein & Partner ZT GmbH. Hollein died on 24 April 2014 in Vienna, after a long illness, at the age of 80. His son Max Hollein

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252-479: The "German National Theater" in 1776. Three Mozart operas premiered there: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782), Le nozze di Figaro (1786), and Così fan tutte (1790), as well as his Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor (1786). Beginning in 1794, the theater was called the "K.K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg". Beethoven 's 1st Symphony premiered there on 2 April 1800. The last performance, in October 1888,

273-650: The Burgtheater's reputation as one of Europe's foremost stages. Among the best known actors in the ensemble of about 120 members are: Sven-Eric Bechtolf , Klaus Maria Brandauer , Kirsten Dene , Andrea Clausen , Bruno Ganz , Karlheinz Hackl , Philipp Hochmair , Robert Meyer , Gertraud Jesserer , August Diehl , Jutta Lampe , Susanne Lothar , Michael Maertens , Tamara Metelka , Birgit Minichmayr , Nicholas Ofczarek , Hedwig Pistorius , Elisabeth Orth , Martin Schwab , Peter Simonischek , Ulrich Tukur , Franz Tscherne , and Gert Voss . Some famous former members of

294-583: The bottom end of the ceremonial stairs at the side of the theater facing the Volksgarten . Members of honor include: Annemarie Düringer , Wolfgang Gasser , Heinrich Schweiger , Gusti Wolf , Klaus Maria Brandauer, and Michael Heltau . The Burgtheater has seen productions staged by directors like Otto Schenk , Peter Hall , Giorgio Strehler , Luca Ronconi , Hans Neuenfels , Terry Hands , Jonathan Miller , Peter Zadek , Paulus Manker , Luc Bondy , Christoph Schlingensief , and Thomas Vinterberg . Among

315-462: The ensemble were Max Devrient , Josef Kainz , Josef Lewinsky , Joseph Schreyvogel , Adolf von Sonnenthal , Charlotte Wolter , Ludwig Gabillon , Zerline Gabillon , Attila Hörbiger , Paula Wessely , Curd Jürgens , O. W. Fischer , Paul Hörbiger , Otto Tausig , Peter Weck , Fritz Muliar , Christoph Waltz , Ignaz Kirchner , and Gert Voss . Particularly deserving artists may be designated honorable members. Their names are engraved in marble at

336-618: The first being 1963–64 and the second in 1966. During this period he was also a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture . He was a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1967 and 1976, after which he became a professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna . Hollein worked mainly as an architect but also established himself as a designer through his work for the Memphis Group and

357-744: The master class of Clemens Holzmeister . During 1959 he attended the Illinois Institute of Technology and then in 1960, the University of California, Berkeley , where he completed his Master of Architecture degree. During these years he met Mies van der Rohe , Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra . In 1963 he exhibited, Architecture , along with Walter Pichler at Galerie nächst St. Stephan in St Stephen Vienna, highlighting their ideas for utopian architecture . Afterwards, he worked for various architectural firms in Sweden and

378-474: The war, the theater was rebuilt between 1953 and 1955. The classic Burgtheater style and the Burgtheater-German language were groundbreaking for German-language theater. Before 1776, the theater had been leased from the state by Johann Koháry . After encountering financial difficulties in 1773, he convinced Joseph Keglevich to act as curator. The director of the theater, Wenzel Sporck , who

399-577: Was of Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris . The theater's first building adjoined the Hofburg at Michaelerplatz, opposite St. Michael's Church . The theater was moved to a new building at the Ringstraße on 14 October 1888, designed by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer , and St. Michael's Wing of the Hofburg Palace was erected at the vacated site. In 1943, under Nazi rule,

420-580: Was set up in a tennis court (called a 'ball house' at the time) that the Roman-German king and later emperor Ferdinand I had built in 1540 in the lower pleasure garden of the Hofburg after the old ball house fell victim to a fire in 1525. The theater opened on 14 March 1741, the creation of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria , who wanted a theater next to her palace. Her son, Emperor Joseph II , called it

441-546: Was the great nephew of Franz Anton Sporck , who had brought the french horn and Antonio Vivaldi to Prague , established a committee to finance the theater under the chairmanship of Franz Keglevich in 1773, and Karl Keglevich became the director of the Theater am Kärntnertor in 1773. Joseph Keglevich declared the theater bankrupt in 1776 and the state, under Joseph II , took over its operation in 1776. Wenzel Sporck and Franz Keglevich were released from their duties in 1776 and

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