Malmö City Theatre ( Swedish : Malmö stadsteater ) in Malmö , Sweden , is the main theatre of Malmö.
6-644: The first theatre in Malmö, Malmö Teater , was built in 1808 but became out of use in 1938. The Malmö City Theatre was built by the architect Sigurd Lewerentz between 1932 and 1944. From its opening in 1944 and until 1992 it was one of Sweden 's leading city theatres. From the 1950s it was run by director Ingmar Bergman who staged a number of memorable and important productions with an ensemble which included popular "Bergman-actors" such as Bibi Andersson , Harriet Andersson , Gunnel Lindblom , Max von Sydow , Naima Wifstrand , Gertrud Fridh and Ingrid Thulin . In 1992,
12-433: The 18th-century. They performed in temporary localities, and there was a need for a proper theater building. The mayor Carl Magnus Nordlindh initiated the building of a theater. King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden had resided temporarily in the city in 1806-07 and there was a need by the authorities to make the city more representative in line with the king's mention of the city as the kingdom's second capital. The building
18-593: The Malmö Music Theatre remained in the building. By the end of the 1990s it was renamed in its present form - the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre - and the stage is nowadays used solely as an opera house . 55°35′47″N 12°59′47″E / 55.59639°N 12.99639°E / 55.59639; 12.99639 Malm%C3%B6 Teater Malmö Teater or Malmö Theater , formally Kongl. Priwilegierade Theatern i Malmö ('Royal Theater of Malmö'),
24-410: The theatre was reorganized as Malmö Musik och Teater AB , and finally in 1994 split in four independent companies: Malmö Dramatiska Teater AB (Malmö Dramatic Theatre), Malmö symfoniorkester AB ( Malmö Symphony Orchestra ), Skånes Dansteater AB ( Skåne Dance Theatre) and Malmö Musikteater AB (Malmö Music Theatre). While the first three of the group of four moved to other performance spaces, only
30-547: Was a theater in Malmö in Sweden , active between 1809 and 1938. It was situated at the street Stora Nygatan with an entrance at the square Gustav Adolfs torg. It is known as the first permanent theater building in the city of Malmö. The first confirmed performance by a professional theater company is confirmed to have taken place by a German theater company in 1691, and the city was often visited by travelling theater companies during
36-525: Was constructed in 1807-09, designed by Anders Sundström, and had room for 500 spectators. Malmö Teater was inaugurated on 16 October 1809 by a theater company from Stockholm. The theater had no permanent staff, but was regularly used by visiting theater companies. Jenny Lind performed in 1840, followed by August Bournonville and Sarah Bernhardt (1883). During the early 20th-century, the Albert Ranft 's company regularly performed there. The theater
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