Comedy Theatre [Budapest]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Budapest, Hungary
description: bouwwerk in Boedapest, Hongarije @nl
alternative label: Comedy Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 55
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Hungary
City: Budapest
GPS: Point(19.0514 47.5125)
Wikidata source: Q897802
opening date: 1896-05-01T00:00:00Z
Web: www.pestiszinhaz.hu
architectural style: Art Nouveau
Redevelopment date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Hermann Helmer
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 405
context: The theatre was designed by Fellner and Helmer, the renowned architect company from Vienna, while the construction was supervised by Lipot Havel. Looked at from the front, the white, Baroque-style theatre seems to be only one story high. Due to its large, bright windows, coquettish decorations and lavishly ornate dome the building soon conquered the hearts of the theatre-goers. Vígszínház became the most popular theatre venue in the early years of the 19th century. Its glory was partly due to its colourful repertory, which also included operettas, but, first and foremost, it became famous for the great acting quality of its troupe.
context: A bécsi Fellner és Helmer színházépítő cég tervei szerint, Havel Lipót építőmester kivitelezésével épült, szemből alig egyemeletnyinek látszó, fehér falú, barokk stílusú színház, nagy fényes ablakaival, kacér díszítéseivel, cirádás kupolájával 1896-ban elnyerte a látogatók tetszését. A Vígszínház a múlt század első évtizedében a főváros legkedveltebb színháza lett. Sokszínű műsora mellett, amelyből az operett sem hiányzott, elsősorban kiváló színészekből szervezett társulatának köszönhette hírnevét. @hu
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1895-1896 as a private comedy theatre for Theater AG by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. Opened 1 May 1896 with M. Jókai's comedy A Barangók. 1945 destroyed by bombs. 1951-1960 rebuilt by the Hungarian Army. 1951 renamed Magyar Néphadsereg Színház [Theatre of the Hungarian People's Army]. 1959 renamed Vigszínház. 1995-1996 rebuilding, with extension by one floor. 1402 seats.