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22-479: The city theatre Reduta in Brno burned down in 1870, and the city council decided to build a new theatre building within a short time period. Thanks to the efforts of then mayor Gustav Winterholler, the decision was taken to build a bigger and better theatre at the place of Obstplatz (today's Malinovský square ). The commission was assigned to the renowned Vienna architectural studio Fellner and Helmer . The studio

44-516: A distant place, almost 300m away from the theatre, to ensure noise minimization. Amongst other things, the equipment of the power station consisted of four large dynamos imported from New York . Thomas Edison wasn't present at the installation of the device, he visited Brno only 25 years later. The theatre was opened on 14 November 1882 with the festive overture Consecration of the House by Ludwig van Beethoven . The opening celebration continued with

66-720: Is a square and traditional marketplace in Brno , Czech Republic . It is located in the historic centre of Brno on an area of about 0.6 hectares (1.5 acres). Among the landmarks of the square are Dietrichstein Palace from the early 17th century, which is the seat of the Moravské zemské muzeum (Moravian Museum), and the building of the Reduta Theatre from 1608, which is the oldest theatre building in Central Europe. Under

88-654: Is a theatre in Brno , Czech Republic . It was built on the city's oldest square ( Zelný trh ) and began its life in Renaissance times as the Taverna (Tavern) Theatre. In 1767, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed with his sister in a concert there. It is now part of the National Theatre in Brno . The building, which was first mentioned in 1608, is the oldest theatre building in Central Europe . At

110-541: Is the largest in Brno and the oldest continuously operating market with vegetables and plants in Central Europe . The market contains many shops that sell vegetables, fruit, meat (now rabbits only and smoked), fish (in Christmas time only), flowers, plants, seeds, seedlings , breads (bakery products), Moravian kolach , spices , nuts , eggs, cheese , and Moravian traditional spices and herbs items. The market also has many small restaurants and street-food stalls. Under

132-505: The child prodigies performed in the Taverna Theatre. According to a diary entry by Aurelius Augustin, provost of the monastery in Šternberk : "... a Salzburg boy of eleven years and his sister of fifteen years, accompanied on various instruments by inhabitants of Brno, excited everyone's imagination; but he [young Wolfgang] could not endure the trumpets , because they were incapable of playing in tune with one another." On

154-658: The 1730s, the building was remodelled again with the addition of a new theater and ballroom. Known in the 18th century as the Taverna Theatre (or Theater in der Taffern to the German-speaking inhabitants of the city), it served as a venue for theatrical performances presented mainly in German and Italian . In October 1767, a smallpox epidemic forced Leopold Mozart and his children Wolfgang and Nannerl to escape from Vienna and accept shelter offered by

176-534: The beginning of the 17th century, Brno city council purchased and remodelled a complex of medieval houses located on Zelný trh. One of the houses in the block, the Liechtenstein house, was redesigned as a tavern in 1605. The tavern was extended with assembly rooms for holding ceremonies and receptions, and in 1634, another house was integrated into the main building. The new hall served as a place for occasional performances by travelling theatrical companies. In

198-641: The brother of their patron, Salzburg Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach . On 25 October, Count František Antonín Schrattenbach met with the Mozart family in Brno . He immediately began planning a performance for Wolfgang and Nannerl. However, Leopold Mozart decided to continue travelling, and the family went on to Olomouc . Unfortunately, the epidemic affected young Wolfgang, and they had to stay in Olomouc until his recovery. On 24 December, they came back to Brno and spent Christmas there. On 30 December 1767,

220-487: The first dramatical adviser became the novelist and playwright Jiří Mahen , after whom the theatre has been named since 1965. In 1936, the theatre was largely reconstructed by the company Kolben - Daněk . Thanks to the reconstruction, it became one of the most modern theatre buildings in Czechoslovakia. Today's Mahen Theatre served mainly as an opera house, until the building of Janáček Theatre in 1965. Five of

242-424: The fountain is a rocky cliff on top of which is an allegorical statue of Europa . In the cliff is a cave with Heracles . Allegorical figures on the outside of the cave represent Babylonia , Persia and Greece . The fountain was designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and created by Tobias Kracker and Anton Riga. Zelný trh has been in use since 1190, earlier than the city was established. Originally, it

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264-642: The late operas by Leoš Janáček were premiered here, as well as the ballet Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev . Since 1965, the theatre has served as the home stage of the dramatical ensemble of the National Theatre in Brno. Parts of the original wiring are displayed in the foyer of the theatre (as of 2009). Mahen Theatre was proclaimed as one of the National Technical Monuments of the Czech Republic. Reduta Theatre The Reduta Theatre ( Czech : Divadlo Reduta )

286-632: The other hand, Vice- Kapellmeister Leopold Mozart was fully satisfied with the orchestra performance. On 9 January 1768, the family headed back to Vienna. After a series of extensive fires in 1785 and 1786, the city council decided to rebuild the theatre in the neoclassical architectural style , with a new two-story main hall. The reconstructed theatre, now named the Reduta Theatre, presented mainly German plays, with performances in Czech held only infrequently. The last devastating fire in 1870 caused

308-541: The plans. However, the most important decision was to replace the proposed gas lighting with a new invention: the electric light . In the middle of 1881, Brno city council negotiated a contract with the Edison Electric Light Company . The plans were designed by Thomas Edison himself, and the project was constructed by French and Austrian manufacturers, under the supervision of Edison's assistant Francis Jehl . The power station had to be built in

330-527: The play "U paní Bruny" , written by the German director of the theatre, Adolf Franckel, and ended with Goethe's Egmont . Initially, Mahen Theatre was a German opera house, and it was called Deutsches Stadttheater (German City Theatre). In 1918, following World War I , it passed into the hands of the newly founded Czechoslovak state . It was renamed Divadlo na Hradbách (Theatre on the City Walls) and

352-552: The square is a system of underground corridors and cellars. The cellars originally served for food storage, beer brewing, maturing of wine in barrels, and as shelter in times of war. They were founded in the Middle Ages , but most of them dates back to the Baroque era. The cellars were not all connected together until 2009 when they underwent a major reconstruction, and since 2011 they are opened public. They are 6 to 8 metres under

374-531: The square is an underground labyrinth of passages and cellars from the Middle Ages. In the middle of the square is the Parnassus Fountain, named after Mount Parnassus . It is a large Baroque fountain created in 1690–1695, when it replaced an older Renaissance fountain from 1597. It has a six-pointed star plan and is decorated with many allegorical figures and mythical animals. In the middle of

396-411: The theatre to close again, after which the building was used as the city market hall. In 1918, following the establishment of the new Czechoslovak state , the activities of the theatre were again restored. In the 1950s, the building was redesigned according to the plans of architects Bohuslav and Kamil Fuchs. Up to the 1990s, the theatre served as a stage for Czech operettas . The last reconstruction

418-713: The time. In March 1881, a fire in the Théâter Royal in Nice killed almost 200 people. In August 1881, a fire destroyed the copper dome, the auditorium and stage of the National Theatre in Prague . The same year, another fire in Ringtheater in Vienna killed at least 384. The builders of the new theatre in Brno decided to take action in order to avoid similar incidents. New exits and additional side stairways were included in

440-458: Was a general market. Later, it specialised in vegetables and fruits. Since 1255, it was known by the Latin forum superius and a century later by 1340, it was called Krautmarkt – Zelný trh. It has operated for 850 years in one place and for 700 years under the name Zelný trh. It was never interrupted, continuing through the communist time when all other private enterprise was outlawed. The market

462-586: Was completed in 2005. The project was awarded the Grand Prix in a competition held by the Czech Chamber of Architects . As of 2010, the theatre is a part of the National Theatre in Brno . Reduta has no permanent ensemble. The theatre regularly invites various artists and ensembles from the Czech Republic and Slovakia for guest performances. Zeln%C3%BD trh Zelný trh ( German : Kraut Markt ; English: 'Vegetable Market' or 'Cabbage Market')

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484-455: Was specialized in projects of theatre buildings. Around 1880, their modern type of theatre building was considered a model. The founding stone was laid on 18 July 1881. The construction went smoothly, taking only 16 months from start to opening of the theatre. During the construction it was necessary to change the building's inner disposition several times. The main reason for this was the devastating fires which were affecting European theatres at

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